Juan de Jesús Garrigó Mejía (born 27 December 1994) is a Dominican politician and economist.
Early life and family Garrigó Mejía was born on 27 December 1994 into a prominent upper class white family from Santiago, Dominican Republic with political connections. His parents are Carolina Mejía, mayor of Santo Domingo, and Juan Antonio Garrigó Lefeld, insurance and brokerage businessman. The eldest of his siblings, he has 1 brother and 1 sister. He is the fifth generation of men in his family to be named Juan, the first being his Puerto Rican great-great-grandfather, Juan Garrigó y Ferrer. His paternal grandmother, Sonja Lefeld, is a socialite, former TV personality, and the daughter of a German immigrant. His maternal grandfather Hipólito Mejía was President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004.
Garrigó Mejía studied political sciences and economics at the American University in Washington, D.C.; he has a postgraduate degree from Barna Management School and Georgetown University.
Political career
On 16 August 2020 President Luis Abinader designated Garrigó Mejía as Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs of the Presidency. In 2026 he was elected Secretary-General of the Modern Revolutionary Party.
Garrigó resigned from his position as deputy minister on 3 September 2026; his resignation became effective on 7 September when his successor was appointed.
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