H.E. Max Puig is the Executive Vice President of the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) since August 2020. CNCCMDL is the body in charge of outlining the public policies on climate change in the Dominican Republic. H.E. Puig was a candidate for the Presidency of the Dominican Republic in 2012.

He is Professor at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) since 1971 and Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic since 1974.

Mr. Puig was Minister of Labour from 2008 to 2011; Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 2004 to 2007; Secretary of State and National Authorising Officer of the European Development Funds in the period 1996 – 2000, and Senator for his native Puerto Plata in the period 1990 – 1994.

H.E. Puig holds two bachelor's degrees, in Public Law and Sociology and a doctorate in Public Law and Political Science.