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José Luis Sáez Ramo
Father Sáez Ramo, Society of Jesus, was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1937. He has been a Dominican citizen by
naturalization since 1966. He completed his university studies in Santo Domingo (two years of Economics and
Finance) and at Fordham University (New York City), where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1965. After-
ward, at Woodstock College (Woodstock, Maryland) he obtained in 1970 and 1972 respectively a bachelor’s
degree in Divinity and a master’s degree in Sacred Theology. He collaborated on the writing and publishing of
the
Diccionario Histórico de la Compañía de Jesús,
a collective work published in Rome (2003). Since 1979, he has
been a professor of Iconography at the Department of Social Communication of the Autonomous University
of Santo Domingo. Since 1999 he has been a full member of the Dominican Academy of History, and he cur-
rently serves as the secretary on its board of directors. Since his appointment in January 2003, he has also been
the Managing Director of the Historical Archives of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo. He has published sev-
en works in the field of Social Communication, 16 titles on the History of the Dominican Church, and more
than 60 historical essays in books and specialized national and international journals, including:
Los jesuitas en
la república dominicana
, two volumes, 1988-1990;
La iglesia y el negro esclavo en Santo Domingo,
1994;
Cinco siglos
de la iglesia en Santo domingo. Panorama general,
1995;
Documentos de la provincia eclesiástica de Santo Domingo.
1504-1994,
1998;
La formación sacerdotal en Santo Domingo, desde el Concilio de Trento a la fundación de la República,
1999; and
La expulsión de los jesuitas de Santo Domingo. 1766-1767
, 2006.
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Mu-Kien Adriana Sang Ben
Sang Ben was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, in 1958. She received a bachelor’s
degree in Education at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in 1978. She completed her graduate
studies on Adult Education at Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación de los Adultos en Améri-
ca Latina y el Caribe (CREFAL) in Mexico in 1978. She received a doctorate in History from the School for
Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, France, in 1985. For several years she has worked in both
teaching and administrative positions, including: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, where she was the
Executive Director of the Office of Development; Communications and Information Officer for the United
Nations Program in the Dominican Republic; and at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo
Domingo campus, where she was the Executive Director of the Project for the Support of Democratic Initia-
tives sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development. She currently serves as the Direc-
tor of the Department of Education, and is a coordinator in the History department and a professor of History
at PUCMM. She is also a full member of the Dominican Academy of History and served as the President of its
board of directors from 2016-2019. She has published the following works:
Ulises Heureaux. Biografía de un dic-
tador,
Santo Domingo, 1987;
Buenaventura Báez, el caudillo del sur, 1844-1879
, Santo Domingo, 1991;
Una utopía
inconclusa. Espaillat y el liberalismo dominicano del siglo xix,
Santo Domingo, 1997;
Historia dominicana ayer y hoy
,
Santo Domingo, 1999;
La política exterior dominicana, 1844-1961
, Santo Domingo, 2000, with the collaboration
of Walter Cordero and Neicy Zeller; and
La política exterior dominicana, 1961-1974
, Santo Domingo, 2002.
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Renzo Seravalle
Seravalle was born in Santa Fiora, Italy, and resides in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a civil engi-
neer and studied at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy. He is a Knight and Officer of the Order of Merit
of the Italian Republic. He is currently the Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President of the Dominican-Italian
Chamber of Commerce; the President of the Lion’s Club San Gerónimo; President of the Artisanal Commit-
tee and President of the board of directors for Fundación Dominicana de Desarrollo (FDD); the President of
the Archdiocesan Council and National President of the Christian Family Movement (CFM); President of the
Union of Apostolic Movements of Santo Domingo (UNAMA); President of the board of directors for Instituto
de la Familia (IDEFA); President of the board of directors of Centro de Educación a Distancia (CENAPEC);
member of the board of directors of Centro Pro Educación y Cultura, APEC; member of Asociación La Hora
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