Prime Minister Gilmar Simon Pisas of Curaçao arrived in Santo Domingo on the afternoon of August 14 to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of President Luis Abinader, marking his second term as the head of the Dominican Republic.
Prime Minister Pisas landed at Las Américas International Airport, accompanied by a delegation from the Netherlands. Upon his arrival, he was welcomed by the Director of Ceremonial and Protocol of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials.
Later that evening, at 6:30 pm, Prime Minister Pisas was received at the National Palace by President Abinader for a bilateral meeting lasting approximately 40 minutes. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual interest to Curaçao and the Dominican Republic, including current international and regional political matters. The Vice Minister of Bilateral Foreign Policy, José Julio Gómez, represented the Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs during the meeting.
Gilmar Simon Pisas, a Dutch politician from Curaçao and a member of the Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK), previously served as Prime Minister in 2017 and has held the position again since June 14, 2021.
President Luis Abinader was inaugurated on Friday, August 16, for his second consecutive four-year term after winning 57% of the vote in the May 19, 2024, elections. During his 2024-2028 term, Abinader has pledged to contribute to the transformation of the Caribbean nation, which has a population of around 11 million, focusing on fighting corruption and reducing poverty.
Abinader initially won the presidency in the general elections on July 5, 2020, becoming the 67th president of the Dominican Republic, succeeding Danilo Medina Sánchez.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by prominent figures, including King Felipe VI of Spain; President José Raúl Mulino of Panama; President Santiago Peña of Paraguay; President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay; President Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala; President Chan Santokhi of Suriname; and President Xiomara Castro of Honduras. Also in attendance were Vice President Félix Ulloa of El Salvador and the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong.
The Prime Minister of Curacao, held bilateral meetings in The Hague with the Dominican Ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. Dr. Juan Bautista Duran earlier this year where the latter effectively motivated his attendance to the inauguration of President Abinader.
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