Reinaldo Pared Pérez
Pared Pérez in 2009
President of the Senate of the Dominican Republic
In office 16 August 2016 – 16 August 2020
Preceded by	Cristina Lizardo
Succeeded by	Eduardo Estrella
In office 16 August 2006 – 16 August 2014
Preceded by	Porfirio Andrés Bautista García
Succeeded by	Cristina Lizardo
Member of the Senate
In office 16 August 2006 – 16 August 2020
Preceded by	José Tomás Pérez
Constituency	Distrito Nacional
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 16 August 1998 – 16 August 2002
Constituency	Distrito Nacional
General Secretary of the Dominican Liberation Party
In office 2001 – 7 March 2021
Succeeded by	Charlie Mariotti
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-25)25 September 1956 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died	29 October 2021(2021-10-29) (aged 65) Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Nationality	Dominican
Political party	Dominican Liberation Party

Reinaldo de las Mercedes Pared Pérez (25 September 1956 – 29 October 2021) was a Dominican politician. He represented Distrito Nacional in Chamber of Deputies from 1998 to 2002, and served in the Senate since 2006. Pared Pérez was president of the senate twice, between 2006 and 2014, and again between 2016 and 2020. A member of the Dominican Liberation Party, he was named general-secretary in 2001.

The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) awarded Pared Pérez the Order of Brilliant Star Special Grand Cordon in June 2017.^[1]

The former secretary general of the Dominican Liberation Party, Reinaldo Pared Pérez, died this Thursday night in what appears to be a suicide.

Pérez had episodes of depression as a result of health problems caused by a cancer that was detected two years ago and for which he was undergoing treatment.

Pérez died by a suspected suicide on 29 October 2021, at the age of 65 in a summer residence in Juan Dolio, where he spent most of his time after the illness.^[2]

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