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Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez (born 22 February 1941) is a Dominican politician who served as President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004. During his government the country was affected by one of the worst economic crises, generated by the bankruptcy of three major commercial banks in the country, which resulted in high inflation, high country risk rating, currency devaluation and increasing local poverty.〔() 〕〔:es:Economía de la República Dominicana〕〔http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2005/4/1/40581/Citan-causas-quiebra-bancos-2003〕 In the presidential election of 2004, he ran for a second term as the candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party but he was defeated by Leonel Fernández from the Dominican Liberation Party.〔(Dominican Republic: 2004 Presidential Election/ 2004 Elecciones Presidenciales )〕 As of 2014 members of his party are encouraging him to run for the Presidency again. == Early life == Born at Gurabo in Santiago Province as the first child of Hipólito de Jesús Mejía Díaz and Marina Domínguez Viñals. Mejía received a high school diploma from the Loyola Polytechnic Institute in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, graduating in 1962. Two years later, he attended special programs at North Carolina State University in the United States. On 4 July 1964 he married Rosa Gómez Arias, a third cousin of him. At age twenty-four, he was appointed director and undersecretary of the national Tobacco Institute. In 1978, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture under the government of President Antonio Guzmán Fernández. During this period, agri-business incentive laws were passed and programs to promote rural agriculture development and technification were undertaken. In 1982, Mejia was defeated in his campaign to become senator from Santiago Province. In 1990, he was named vice-presidential candidate on the ticket of Dominican Revolutionary Party leader José Francisco Peña Gómez. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hipólito Mejía」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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