On a Monday official ceremony held at the Dominican Republic’s National Palace in Santo Domingo, President Luis Abinader officially swore in a slate of newly appointed top leaders across the country’s military, police and presidential security apparatuses.
The high-profile inauguration event covered seven key senior positions spanning the nation’s armed forces and national law enforcement. Beyond the top commanders of the Army and Air Force, and the new director general of the National Police, the ceremony also formalized the appointments of the new Inspector General of the Armed Forces, the Deputy Minister of Defense for Military Affairs, the chief of the Presidential Security Corps (known locally by its Spanish acronym Cusep), and the commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment.
All appointments were formalized through Decree 557-26, which was issued by the presidency on August 16. The official order named General Enmanuel Marcelino Souffront Tamayo to the post of Air Force Commander General, Major General Jimmy Arias Grullón as the new Army Commander General, and General Rafael Ernesto Rodríguez García to lead the National Police as its director general.
Completing the roster of new senior appointees, the decree appointed Major General Jorge Iván Camino Pérez as Inspector General of the Armed Forces, Major General Delio Buenaventura Colón Rosario as Deputy Minister of Defense for Military Affairs, Brigadier General Guillermo Caro Cruz as head of Cusep, and Brigadier General Rafael Raimundo Ramírez Tejeda as commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment. This leadership reshuffle updates the top command of the Dominican Republic’s core national security institutions, aligning the command structure with the administration’s current governance priorities.