Gonzalo Castillo Terrero (born 20 November 1960) is a Dominican businessman and politician. He was Minister of Public Works and Communications from 2012 to 2019. In July 2019 he sought the Dominican Liberation Party's presidential nomination for the 2020 elections. He won the nomination, but lost the general election to Luis Abinader. Biography Gonzalo Castillo Terrero is the second of five brothers from the marriage of Miriam Terrero Samboy from the region of Enriquillo and Gonzalo Castillo Peña, from Baní. He completed his primary studies at the Divina Pastora school in Barahona and later moved to San Cristóbal to do secondary education at the Instituto Politécnico Loyola. There he obtained the title of "Expert in Industrial Electronics" in 1980. Later he studied in Quebec, Canada. In his business career, Castillo Terrero founded his first company in December 1983, dedicated to the sale of technology equipment. In 1992, he founded Helidosa Aviation Group, a company with aero-ambulance services with planes and helicopters, located in the Dominican Republic, which is currently the largest Dominican aviation firm. Political trajectory He started in politics in the Dominican Liberation Party at age 18 in 1979. In 2001 he was elected member of the Central Committee of the PLD. He has been married since 1984 to Silvia López with whom he has fathered three children: Gonzalo Alexander, Mónica and Silvia Aimée. His brother Ricardo Castillo Terrero is a pilot Colonel of the Dominican Army and Commander of the Quiet City Task Force (CIUTRAN). Minister of Public Works and Communications (2012–2019) On 16 August 2012, with decree 454-12, he was sworn into the Cabinet of the President of the Republic Danilo Medina as Minister of Public Works and Communications (MOPC). During his tenure, the Road Assistance service was instituted, through the so-called Military and Police Commission of the Ministry of Public Works, on most of the country's roads and highways. In addition, it established the DR Road Trust for the management and handling of tolls for highways and roads in the Dominican Republic. It is the first public trust created by the Dominican State, through the Trust Agreement in 2013, between the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) and Fiduciaria Reservations, SA, ratified by Resolution number 156 -13 issued by the National Congress. Search for the presidential nomination After failing to push for a constitutional reform to enable President Medina to run for a third consecutive