Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader appointed Jorge Subero Isa as legal consultant to the Executive Branch and appointed Antoliano Peralta Romero as Minister of Justice, as part of the process of institutional strengthening and adaptation of the State’s legal system to the current legal framework.
With this provision, contained in Decree no. 1-26, the president places at the head of the legal consultancy of the Executive Branch a figure with extensive experience and recognized prestige, responsible for providing direct legal advice to the Presidency and guaranteeing the constitutional and regulatory coherence of government decisions.
Jorge Subero Isa has an outstanding career in the institutional life of the country. He served as president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Council of the Judiciary for fourteen years, from 1997 to 2011, a period in which he led important processes of modernization of the judicial system, strengthened the judicial career and contributed to the consolidation of the independence of the Judiciary.
In addition, he has been a university professor, lecturer and author of multiple legal works, mainly in the areas of constitutional and administrative law.
The decree also provides for the designation of Antoliano Peralta Romero as Minister of Justice, within the framework of Law no. 80-25, Organic of the Ministry of Justice, promulgated in August 2025. With this appointment, the Government advances in the consolidation of this new portfolio, called to play a key role in the coordination of the justice system and in strengthening the rule of law.
Until his appointment as Minister of Justice, Peralta Romero worked as a legal consultant to the Executive Branch, a function for which he was appointed by Decree No. 324-20 of August 16, 2020.
Throughout his professional career he has stood out as a trial lawyer and consultant to public and private entities, with specialization in electoral matters, in addition to having held important union functions as vice president of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic and general secretary of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic.
He has a doctorate in Law, graduated from the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and has a master’s degree in Administrative Law and Municipal Management from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
