Juan Cohen

Juan Alberto Cohen Sander is a Dominican Republic|Dominican] economist, politician, businessman, and member of parliament. He was a presidential candidate of the Dominican Republic by the National Citizen Will Party for the 2016 [Dominican Republic general election|general election 2016].

Early life and education

Cohen was born on 14 June 1960 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied economics at Pedro Henríquez Ureña University. He earned a Master of Economics at the Pontifical [Catholic University Mother and Teacher] and studied political science at the University Pedro Henríquez Ureña.
He completed postgraduate degrees in finance at Hult [International Business School] and business management at Harvard University.

Career

Cohen served as president of the Commission of Tourism and deputy of the Central American Parliament from 2010–2016. In 2014, he was reelected as president of the National Citizen Will Party and in March 2015, was elected presidential candidate by the PNVC, in the XXXVII National Assembly Extraordinary.

Additional affiliations

From 2008-2014, Cohen served as president of the Dominican Federation of Golf, where he executed important contributions to the development of golf in the Dominican Republic. He has also handled important media in the Dominican Republic.

Personal life

Since 1985, Cohen has been married to María Marmolejos, with whom he has 3 children: Manuel Alberto, Juan Alberto and María de Dios.