title: Pedro Alegría
text: # Pedro Alegría
  
  Pedro José Alegría Soto (born 24 September 1951) is a businessman and politician from the Dominican Republic. He was Senator for the province of San José de Ocoa and was elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2006; he has also been President of Lotería Electrónica Internacional Dominicana, S.A. (LEIDSA) —the largest private Dominican lottery— since its foundation in 1997.
  
  Alegría has a Bachelor of Business Administration.
  
  Pedro Alegría became the first senator elected from the Institutional Social Democratic Bloc after the 2016 general election.
  
  