Max Puig

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Puig and the second or maternal family name is Miller.

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Max Puig, in full Maximiliano Rabelais Puig Miller (born circa 1946), is a Dominican politician who served as congressman in the 1990s and Minister of Labor and the Environment in the 2000s.

Early life and family

Puig was born in Puerto Plata to Elvia Miller, a teacher, and José Augusto Puig, a dissident during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo who served as Ambassador to France in the 1960s.

While living in France, Puig met and married his classmate Elisabeth Buchel, a Frenchwoman; they had 2 children.

Family of Max Puig

8. José Mª. Puig Sanz Barcelona, Spain                             4. José Mª. A. Puig Rodríguez                                   18. Alonso Rodríguez García Spain                       9. Baltazara Rodríguez Jiménez                             19. Quintina Jiménez Peralta                       2. José A. Puig Ortiz                                         20. José A. Ortiz                       10. José A. Ortiz Regla                             21. Mª. Rosario Regla                       5. Mª. Olimpia Ortiz Arzeno                                   44. Sebastián Arzeno Zoagli, Republic of Genoa               22. José Mª. Arzeno Rodríguez                       45. Mª. del Carmen Rodríguez Santiago de los Caballeros, Colony of Santo Domingo               11. Gertudris O. Arzeno Westen                             46. Charles Maurice Western Netherlands               23. Gertrudis M. Westen Gauche                       47. Sofía Gauche Cap Haitien, Haiti               1. Maximiliano R. Puig Miller                                               12. James Alexander Miller Turks and Caicos                             6. William W. Miller Beard                                   52. Scipio Beard United States               26. Julian Beard                       13. Mª. Magdalena Beard Vásquez                             27. Juliana Vásquez                       3. Elvia I. Miller Martínez                                         14. Mariano Martínez Madrid, Spain                             7. Isabel Martínez Guió                                   15. Faustina Guió Alfajarín, Spain

Political career

Puig was one of six presidential candidates that contested the 2012 presidential election. Puig ran for president under the Alliance for Democracy (APD) political party.