The businessman Jose Manuel Paliza He died on Friday at the age of 80, his family reported.
The funeral of Paliza, who was born on September 9, 1944, will take place this Saturday in the cemetery park Gate of Heavenat 4 in the afternoon.
His wife Elena Viyella, now Paliza’s widow, as well as his children Maria Elena, Henry, José Fernando, Carol, Luis Manuel and Lorena, announced the information about the death of the founder of the Herrera Industrial Association in the 1970s. .
He was also president of the Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo), from where he collaborated in the preparation and subsequent approval and implementation of the first Export Promotion Law in the Dominican Republic and Law 69 on Export Incentives.
Likewise, he was founder of the Herrera Industrial Association and a director for several years in the 1970s.
He then became president of the Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo), from where he collaborated in the preparation and subsequent approval and implementation of the first Export Promotion Law in the Dominican Republic and Law 69 on Export Incentives.
He joined the board of directors of the Association of Industries (AIRD) in 1982, becoming its president in 1992.
Paliza García was a leader in Santo Domingo’s civil society, having founded Acción contra la Corrupción, a non-profit organization created with the aim of promoting transparency.
He was decorated by the Spanish Government with the Order of Civil Merit. He was also recognized as a knight of the Sovereign and Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta and ambassador of the Order of Malta in Cuba.
