Carolina Mejía de Garrigó
Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez (born 28 March 1969) is a Dominican politician, economist, and businesswoman. She is the current mayor of Distrito Nacional, the first woman to assume the position. Early life. Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez was born in Santiago de los Caballeros on 28 March 1969 to Hipólito Mejía, agronomist and President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004, and Rosa Gómez Arias, the former First Lady of the Dominican Republic. Carolina has 2 brothers and 1 sister. Personal life. She married to Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld, insurance and brokerage businessman of Catalan and  German descent; they have 3 children: Juan de Jesús, Diego José, and Isabel Carolina Garrigó Mejía. Political life. In the early 2000s she was member of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic’s Board. In 2016 she became the vice presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party. Mejía de Garrigó was elected General Secretary of her party in the primary elections held on 18 March 2018, she took office on 22 April 2018.