Roberto Salcedo | |
Office: | Mayor of the National District (Santo Domingo) |
Term Start: | 16 August 2002 |
Term End: | 16 August 2016 |
Lieutenant: | Margarita Álvarez de Peynado |
Predecessor: | Johnny Ventura |
Successor: | David Collado |
Birth Date: | 1953 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Villa Juana, District of Santo Domingo (now National District) |
Birthname: | Emeterio Antonio Salcedo Gavilán[1] |
Nationality: | Dominican |
Party: | Dominican Liberation Party |
Spouse: | Angélica Sanz |
Children: | Roberto, Luis Ernesto Salcedo. Paloma, Rocío, Carlos, Rodolfo Fernandez |
Blank1: | Net worth |
Data1: | (2006) RD$ 114.7 million (US$ 3.5 million) |
Roberto Salcedo Gavilán (born Emeterio Antonio Salcedo Gavilán on 18 April 1953) is a Dominican politician, actor and television producer. Salcedo was mayor of Santo Domingo, D. N. from 2002 to 2016.
Salcedo was born into a poor family. His father was a marine who earned RD$ 14 (US$ 14) per month, and his mother was a needlewoman.[2]
During the 2016 elections, he lost to David Collado, candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Moderno (Modern Revolutionary Party), who received 57.28% of the votes.[3]