Cristina Lizardo

Cristina Altagracia Lizardo Mézquita (born 20 January 1959) is a politician and academic from the Dominican Republic. She was Senator for the province of Santo Domingo from 2006 to 2020. Lizardo became the first woman to preside the Senate and the Congress of the Dominican Republic.

Early life Lizardo was born on 20 January 1959 in San Juan de la Maguana, which was then part of the San Juan Province in the Dominican Republic. She is the daughter of Simón Lizardo Cabrera, a public accountant, and Enoe Mercedes Mézquita. She had three other siblings: Simón, who was the former general manager of the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic, Elizabeth, and Juan. In 1978 she joined the Dominican Liberation Party. She is married to Freddy Antonio Madera Durán, with whom she has two daughters: Natalia and Noelia.

In her 2010 sworn statement of assets, she indicated that her net worth was RD$ 11.8 million.