When he was 11 years old, his family moved from the town of Tamboril to the hamlet of Gurabito (located on the outskirts of Santiago de los Caballeros).[2] He studied law, and got a doctorate.[2] He married Rosa S. Corona Caba, and had 3 children, among them the businessman and politician Luis Abinader.[3] Abinader was a member of the National Executive Committee (Spanish: Comité Ejecutivo Nacional) of the Dominican Revolutionary Party starting in 1963.[1][4]