Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez (born May 10,íguezSá 1975) is a Dominican lawyer and politician former Attorney General of the Dominican Republic. He was appointed to the position of President Danilo Medina. Before becoming Attorney General, Rodríguez Sánchez served as the executive director of the CEI-RD (2012-2016). He is a member of the Central Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (, or PLD), the previous governing political party in Dominican Republic until August 16, 2020.
Rodríguez was arrested in Santo Domingo on June 29, 2021, on charges of corruption. Rodriguez is the first attorney general to be prosecuted in the country's history.
Early life and education
Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez was born on May 10, 1975, in Santo Domingo, National District, Dominican Republic, to Carlos Rodríguez and Maybé Sánchez (ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Germany).
Rodríguez's family are long time members of the Dominican Liberation Party. Rodríguez became interested in politics at a young age and decided to follow his family's footsteps and also become a member of the Party.
Professional profile
After obtaining a Bachelor of Laws at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM for its Spanish acronym) in Santo Domingo, Rodríguez completed three masters: the University of Paris, the Sapienza University of Rome and the National School of Administration in Rome, Italy where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration and Penal Law graduating summa cum laude.
Rodríguez has practiced law for nearly 20 years, has been a professor in the faculties of Dominican Republic for over a decade and also holds a Masters in Spanish, English, French and Italian.
Political work
Since the 1990s, Jean Rodríguez is an active member of the Dominican Liberation Party, where he studied politics.
From then on, he has taken a role as member and campaign manager, contributing in the presidential campaigns of 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. In some of those campaigns, he was appointed as National Coordinator of Major Projects, presided over external movements of national support, integrated technical teams, worked on the External Movement Coordination, the Transition Acts Committee, as well as other relevant campaign duties.
In 2014, he was elected member of the Central Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party, with over 77,000 votes.
2016 presidential campaign
During the recent campaign that resulted in the election of President Medina, he served as national coordinator of the Campaign Project "República Digital" (Digital Republic) and presided the movement Renewal with Danilo, one of the three biggest external movements of the country, with over 58,000 members, achieving to concrete over 42,000 votes registered in favor of the President and the candidate.
Social work
Jean Rodríguez is President of the JAR Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to strengthen the wellbeing of vulnerable groups by age minority, poverty situations, marginality and inequality. The organisation conducts annual operations favoring children and vulnerable groups, including charitable journeys in empoverished zones.
Public service
Rodríguez was the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic from August 16, 2016, until August 16, 2020. He served as executive director of the CEI-RD (2012-2016), legal adviser to the Directorate General of Customs (2004–2005), of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) (2004–2009) and of the Tourism Ministry (2004–2006), auxiliar lawyer of the Tax Attorney of the National District (1997), substitute judge and member of the Board of the National District (2010–2012), as well as other public functions.
Executive Director of the Dominican Republic Export & Investment Center
On August 17, 2012, President Danilo Medina appointed Rodríguez as Executive Director of the Dominican Republic Export & Investment Center (CEI-RD for its initials in Spanish), via the presidential decree number 460-12.
During his tenure as director of the CEI-RD, he received a bronze medal in 2012, a silver medal in 2013 and two gold medals for his excellent role as a public official in CEI-RD in 2014 and 2015.
Rodríguez's management style produced a much more transparent entity according to the external evaluations of the National Directorate of Ethics and Government Integrity (DIGEIG).