2021 in the Dominican Republic
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Events in the year 2021 in the Dominican Republic.
- President: Luis Abinader (starting 2020)[1]
- Vice President: Raquel Peña de Antuña (starting 2020)
Events
- January 6 – The government condemns violence in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.[2]
- February 27 – The government says it will fence the border between the DR and Haiti in order to curb migration and other illegal activities.[3]
Deaths
- January 7 – Norberto James Rawlings, 75, poet; complications from Parkinson's disease.[4]
- January 8 – Enrique Pérez y Pérez, 97, military officer, Head of the Armed Forces (1966-1971, 1972-1975, 1978).[5]
- January 10 – Pedro González, 83, baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians).[6]
- January 20 – Juan Bautista Sánchez Peralta (″Juanchy″), 64, part owner of Águilas Cibaeñas baseball team; COVID-19 (b. 1956).[7]
- February 15 – Johnny Pacheco, 85, musician (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records), complications from pneumonia.[8]
- March 23 – Hugo Cabrera, 67, basketball player; pancreatic cancer.[9]
- April 6 – Jack Veneno, 78, professional wrestler (WWC) and politician; pancreatic cancer.[10]
