The Most Excellent Prim Pujals | |
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Senator for the province of Samaná | |
In office 16 August 2006 – 16 August 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Pedro Catrain |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Samaná ![]() | 26 July 1943
Political party | Dominican Liberation Party |
Other political affiliations | Social Christian Reformist Party |
Alma mater |
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Universidad Central del Este |
Committees | President – "Committee of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation" [1] |
Ethnicity | White Dominican |
Net worth | ![]() ( US$ 441,000) |
Prim Pujals Nolasco (born 26 July 1943) is a lawyer, judge, and politician from the Dominican Republic. He is Senator for the province of Samaná, elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2010. [3]
Pujals is Juris Doctor. [1]
On 29 December 2018, video footage of Pujals emerged on Dominican news media (and spread on social media) where he was seen loudly threatening a bystander who confronted him when he allegedly tried to cut in line at a local bank. [4] [5] Pujals can be heard threatening to kill the unnamed man, and calling him a derogatory racial slur.