List of presidents of the Dominican Republic
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Since independence in 1844, the Dominican Republic has counted 54 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional, or interim, divided into 66 periods of government. Likewise, there are also periods in which the head of state role has been exercised by collegiate bodies (such as triumvirates, military juntas, or councils of state).[1]
Contents
- 1 First Republic (1844–1861)
- 2 Spanish annexation (1861–1865)
- 3 Dominican Restoration War (1863–1865)
- 4 Second Republic (1865–1916)
- 5 United States occupation (1916–1924)
- 6 Third Republic (1924–1965)
- 7 Dominican Civil War (1965)
- 8 Fourth Republic (1966–present)
- 9 Timeline from 1965
- 10 See also
- 11 References
First Republic (1844–1861)
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Central Government Junta[2][3][4]
The Central Government Junta was the first body of a collegiate and provisional nature to exercise the executive, legislative and judicial powers of the nascent Dominican state. It was provisionally constituted on 28 February 1844 and subsequently formalized on 1 March 1844; it went through two coups d'état, and finally dissolved with the proclamation of the first Constitution on 6 November 1844.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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100px | Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817–1861) |
28 February 1844 | 1 March 1844 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Interim president of the Central Government Junta. | |
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Tomás Bobadilla (1795–1871) |
1 March 1844 | 9 June 1844 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | President of the Central Government Junta. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
100px | Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817–1861) |
9 June 1844 | 12 July 1844 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | President of the Central Government Junta. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
12 July 1844 | 14 November 1844 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | President of the Central Government Junta. |
Presidents[5]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Notes | |||
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100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
1844 | 14 November 1844 | 4 August 1848 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Resigned. | |
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Manuel Jimenes (1808–1854) |
1848 | 8 September 1848 | 29 May 1849 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
— | 30 May 1849 | 23 September 1849 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | He held the title "Jefe Supremo" (meaning "Supreme Chief" or "Supreme Boss" in English). | |
100px | Santiago Espaillat (1785–185?) |
July 1849 |
President-elect Espaillat never took office. | — | Espaillat was senator for Santiago when he was elected President by the electoral college, but he did not accept the office as he was afraid that his predecessor (Santana) would undermine his ability to govern. Election results: S. Espaillat, 45 votes; P. Santana, 31 votes; R. B. Báez, 12 votes; José María Medrano, 3 votes; Pedro Ramón de Mena, 2 votes; José de la Concepción Taveras, 2 votes; L. de Velazco, 2 votes... |
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Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884) |
Aug. 1849 |
24 September 1849 | 15 February 1853 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||
100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
1853 | 15 February 1853 | 26 May 1856 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Resigned. | |
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Manuel de Regla Mota (1795–1864) |
— | 2 January 1855 | 30 May 1855 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Vice-president under Pedro Santana. Acting president. | |
— | 2 July 1855 | 5 September 1855 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Vice-president under Pedro Santana. Acting president. | |||
— | 26 May 1856 | 8 October 1856 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Vice-president under Pedro Santana, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Resigned. | |||
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Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884) |
— | 8 October 1856 | 12 June 1858 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Vice-president under Manuel de Regla Mota, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Resigned. | |
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José Desiderio Valverde (1822–1903) |
— | 7 July 1857 | 31 August 1858 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Self-appointed president in Santiago de los Caballeros. | |
100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
— | 13 June 1858 | 31 January 1859 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Approved the annexation of the country to Spain. | |
1859 | 31 January 1859 | 18 March 1861 |
Spanish annexation (1861–1865)
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Notes | |||
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100px | Pedro Santana (1801–1864) |
18 March 1861 | 20 July 1862 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Captain-General of Santo Domingo. Resigned. Created 1st Marquess of Las Carreras in 1862. |
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100px | Felipe Ribero y Lemoine (1797–1873) |
20 July 1862 | 22 October 1863 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Captain-General of Santo Domingo. | |
100px | Carlos de Vargas y Cerveto (1803–1879) |
23 October 1863 | 30 March 1864 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Captain-General of Santo Domingo. | |
100px | José de la Gándara y Navarro (1820–1885) |
31 March 1864 | 11 July 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Captain-General of Santo Domingo. |
Dominican Restoration War (1863–1865)
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Notes | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
100px | José Antonio Salcedo (1816–1864) |
14 September 1863 | 10 October 1864 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||
100px | Gaspar Polanco (1801–1864) |
10 October 1864 | 24 January 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||
100px | Benigno Filomeno de Rojas (1821–1865) |
24 January 1865 | 24 March 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||
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Pedro Antonio Pimentel (1830–1874) |
25 March 1865 | 11 July 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Spain concedes defeat and orders a withdraw from the island. |
Second Republic (1865–1916)
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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Pedro Antonio Pimentel (1830–1874) |
— | 11 July 1865 | 4 August 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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José María Cabral (1816–1899) |
— | 4 August 1865 | 15 November 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Cabral was proclaimed "Protector of the Republic" until the election of a new president by the National Convention. | |
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Pedro Guillermo (1814–1867) |
— | 15 November 1865 | 8 December 1865 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Guillermo was appointed as Interim President until the arrival to the Dominican Republic of Buenaventura Báez, who was exiled in Curaçao. | |
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Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884) |
1865 | 8 December 1865 | 29 May 1866 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Triumvirate | — | 29 May 1866 | 22 August 1866 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Pedro Antonio Pimentel, Gregorio Luperón, Federico de Jesús García. The Electoral College system was abolished and replaced by universal direct suffrage. |
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José María Cabral (1816–1899) |
— | 22 August 1866 | 29 September 1866 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Interim president. | |
1866 | 29 September 1866 | 31 January 1868 | Cabral was the first Dominican president elected by universal direct suffrage. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |||||
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Manuel Altagracia Cáceres (1838–1878) |
— | 31 January 1868 | 13 February 1868 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | ||
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Junta of Generals | — | 13 February 1868 | 2 May 1868 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: José Antonio Hungría, Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez, José Ramón Luciano y Franco. | |
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Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884) |
1868 | 2 May 1868 | 2 January 1874 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by defeat in the Six Years' War. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) |
— | 25 November 1873 | 21 January 1874 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Green | Supreme chief. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) Manuel Altagracia Cáceres (1838–1878) |
— | 21 January 1874 | 5 February 1874 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Generals in charge of the Supreme Power of the Nation. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) |
1874 | 5 February 1874 | 23 February 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Green | Resigned. | |
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 23 February 1876 | 29 April 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Pedro Pablo de Bonilla y Correa-Cruzado, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva (until 7 March 1876), Jacinto Peynado y Tejón (since 7 March 1876). | |
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Ulises Francisco Espaillat (1823–1878) |
1876 | 29 April 1876 | 5 October 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Superior Governing Junta | — | 5 October 1876 | 11 November 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva, José Caminero Matías, Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta, Juan Esteban Ariza Matos. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) |
— | 11 November 1876 | 9 December 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Green | Resigned. | |
100px | Marcos Antonio Cabral (1842–1903) |
— | 10 December 1876 | 26 December 1876 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | President of the Provisional Government Junta. | |
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Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884) |
— | 27 December 1876 | 2 March 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) |
— | 1 March 1878 | 3 May 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Green | President of the Provisional Government of the National Movement. | |
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 2 March 1878 | 5 March 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: José María Cabral, Joaquín Montolío. | |
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Cesáreo Guillermo (1847–1885) |
— | 5 March 1878 | 6 July 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Interim president. | |
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Ignacio María González (1838–1915) |
1878 | 6 July 1878 | 2 September 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Green | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Superior Leaders of the Revolutionary Movement | — | 2 September 1878 | 6 September 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Ulises Heureaux, Cesáreo Guillermo. | |
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Jacinto de Castro (1811–1896) |
— | 7 September 1878 | 29 September 1878 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | President of the Supreme Court of Justice. Resigned. | |
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 30 September 1878 | 27 February 1879 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Cesáreo Guillermo, Alejandro Angulo Guridi, Pedro María Aristy. | |
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Cesáreo Guillermo (1847–1885) |
1879 | 27 February 1879 | 6 December 1879 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Gregorio Luperón (1839–1897) |
— | 6 October 1879 | 1 September 1880 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | ||
100px | Fernando Arturo de Meriño (1833–1906) |
1880 | 1 September 1880 | 1 September 1882 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | Blue | ||
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Ulises Heureaux (1845–1899) |
1882 | 1 September 1882 | 1 September 1884 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | Blue | ||
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Francisco Gregorio Billini (1844–1898) |
1884 | 1 September 1884 | 16 May 1885 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Resigned. | |
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Alejandro Woss y Gil (1856–1932) |
— | 16 May 1885 | 6 January 1887 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Vice-president under Francisco Gregorio Billini, assumed the presidency after his resignation. | |
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Ulises Heureaux (1845–1899) |
1886 | 6 January 1887 | 27 February 1889 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | ||
1888 | 27 February 1889 | 27 February 1893 | ||||||
1892 | 27 February 1893 | 27 February 1897 | ||||||
1896 | 27 February 1897 | 26 July 1899 | Assassinated. | |||||
100px | Wenceslao Figuereo (1834–1910) |
— | 26 July 1899 | 30 August 1899 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Vice-president under Ulises Heureaux, assumed the presidency after his assassination. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 31 August 1899 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Tomás Demetrio Morales, Arístides Patiño, Enrique Henríquez y Alfau, Jaime R. Vidal, Braulio Álvarez. | ||
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People's Revolutionary Governing Junta | — | 31 August 1899 | 4 September 1899 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Mariano Cestero, Álvaro Logroño, Arístides Patiño, Pedro María Mejía. | |
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Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936) |
— | 4 September 1899 | 15 November 1899 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Interim president. | |
100px | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919) |
1899 | 15 November 1899 | 2 May 1902 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936) |
— | 26 April 1902 | 23 April 1903 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |
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Alejandro Woss y Gil (1856–1932) |
— | 23 March 1903 | 1 August 1903 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Interim president. | |
1903 | 1 August 1903 | 24 November 1903 | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |||||
100px | Carlos Felipe Morales (1868–1914) |
— | 24 November 1903 | 17 June 1904 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Interim president. | |
1904 | 17 June 1904 | 24 December 1905 | Resigned. | |||||
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 24 December 1905 | 29 December 1905 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Manuel Lamarche García, Emiliano Tejera, Andrés Julio Montolío, Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara, Carlos Ginebra, Eladio Victoria, Federico Velásquez y Hernández. | |
100px | Ramón Cáceres (1866–1911) |
— | 29 December 1905 | 1 July 1908 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Vice-president under Carlos Felipe Morales, assumed the presidency after his resignation. | |
1908 | 1 July 1908 | 19 November 1911 | Assassinated at the start of the 1911–12 Civil War. | |||||
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Council of Secretaries of State | — | 19 November 1911 | 5 December 1911 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Miguel Antonio Román, José María Cabral. | |
100px | Eladio Victoria (1864–1939) |
— | 5 December 1911 | 27 February 1912 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Interim president appointed by the Congress. | |
1912 | 27 February 1912 | 30 November 1912 | Resigned at the end of the 1911–12 Civil War. | |||||
100px | Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (1862–1937) |
— | 1 December 1912 | 13 April 1913 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, interim president appointed by the Congress. Resigned. | |
100px | José Bordas Valdez (1874–1968) |
— | 14 April 1913 | 15 June 1914 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Interim president appointed by the Congress. | |
June 1914 |
15 June 1914 | 27 August 1914 | Resigned at the end of the 1914 Civil War. | |||||
100px | Ramón Báez (1858–1929) |
— | 28 August 1914 | 5 December 1914 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Interim president. | |
100px | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919) |
Oct. 1914 |
6 December 1914 | 4 May 1916 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue |
United States occupation (1916–1924)
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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100px | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919) |
4 May 1916 | 7 May 1916 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Blue | Resigned due to the United States occupation. | |
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Council of Secretaries of State | 7 May 1916 | 31 July 1916 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Jaime Mota, Bernardo Pichardo, Federico Velásquez y Hernández. | |
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Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal (1859–1935) |
31 July 1916 | 29 November 1916 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Interim president appointed by the Congress. Removed by the United States. | |
Vacant 29 November 1916 – 21 October 1922 |
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100px | Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos (1871–1935) |
21 October 1922 | 12 July 1924 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Interim president. |
Third Republic (1924–1965)
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Dominican Party (PD)
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Rafael Trujillo and his puppet presidents
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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100px | Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936) |
1924 | 12 July 1924 | 3 March 1930 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | ||
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Rafael Estrella Ureña (1889–1945) |
— | 3 March 1930 | 16 August 1930 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Republican | Minister of Interior and Police under Horacio Vásquez, assumed the presidency after coup d'état. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. |
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100px | Rafael Trujillo (1891–1961) |
1930 | 16 August 1930 | 16 August 1934 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | Confederation of Parties | |||
1934 | 16 August 1934 | 16 August 1938 | PD | ||||||
100px | Jacinto Peynado (1878–1940) |
1938 | 16 August 1938 | 7 March 1940 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PD | Died in office. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. |
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100px | Manuel de Jesús Troncoso (1878–1955) |
— | 7 March 1940 | 18 May 1942 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PD | Vice-president under Jacinto Peynado, assumed the presidency after his death. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. |
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100px | Rafael Trujillo (1891–1961) |
1942 | 18 May 1942 | 16 August 1947 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PD | Finished the presidential term of Jacinto Peynado ending on 16 August 1942. | ||
1947 | 16 August 1947 | 16 August 1952 | |||||||
100px | Héctor Trujillo (1908–2002) |
— | 1 March 1951 | 1 October 1951 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PD | Acting president. | ||
1952 | 16 August 1952 | 16 August 1957 | Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. | ||||||
1957 | 16 August 1957 | 3 August 1960 | Resigned. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. |
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100px | Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
— | 3 August 1960 | 31 December 1961 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PD | Vice-president under Héctor Trujillo, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo until the assassination of Trujillo on 30 May 1961. Resigned. |
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Council of State under President Joaquín Balaguer |
— | 1 January 1962 | 16 January 1962 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Joaquín Balaguer (President), Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly (Vice-president), Eduardo Read Barreras (Second Vice-president), Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. |
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Civic-Military Junta under President Huberto Bogaert |
— | 16 January 1962 | 18 January 1962 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | Members: Huberto Bogaert (President), Armando Óscar Pacheco, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera, Enrique Valdez Vidaurre, Wilfredo Medina Natalio, Neit Rafael Nivar Seijas. | ||
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Council of State under President Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly |
— | 18 January 1962 | 27 February 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | — | Members: Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly (President), Eduardo Read Barreras, Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera, Donald Reid Cabral. | ||
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Juan Bosch (1909–2001) |
1962 | 27 February 1963 | 25 September 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PRD | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | ||
100px | Víctor Elby Viñas Román (1925–2004) |
— | 25 September 1963 | 26 September 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | President of the Provisional Government Junta. | ||
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Triumvirate under President Emilio de los Santos |
— | 26 September 1963 | 23 December 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | Members: Emilio de los Santos (President), Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat, Ramón Tapia Espinal. | ||
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Triumvirate under President Donald Reid Cabral |
— | 23 December 1963 | 25 April 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | Members: Donald Reid Cabral (President), Ramón Tapia Espinal (resigned on 8 April 1964), Ramón Cáceres Troncoso (since 8 April 1964), Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat (resigned on 27 June 1964). Deposed during the Dominican Civil War. |
Dominican Civil War (1965)
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Revolutionary Committee | 25 April 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Members: Vinicio Fernández Pérez, Giovanni Gutiérrez Ramírez, Francisco Caamaño, Eladio Ramírez Sánchez, Pedro Bartolomé Benoit. | ||
Constitutionalist (Pro-Juan Bosch) |
100px | José Rafael Molina Ureña (1921–2000) |
25 April 1965 | 27 April 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Resigned. | |
Vacant 27 April 1965 – 4 May 1965 |
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100px | Francisco Caamaño (1932–1973) |
4 May 1965 | 3 September 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | President appointed by the Congress. Resigned. |
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Loyalist (Government) |
Vacant 25 April 1965 – 1 May 1965 |
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Military Junta | 1 May 1965 | 7 May 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Members: Pedro Bartolomé Benoit (President), Olgo Santana Carrasco, Enrique Apolinar Casado Saladín. Resigned. |
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Government of National Reconstruction | 7 May 1965 | 30 August 1965 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Members: Antonio Imbert Barrera (President), Carlos Grisolía Poloney, Alejandro Zeller Cocco, Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Julio Desiderio Postigo Arias (resigned on 10 August 1965), Leonte Bernard Vásquez (since 10 August 1965). Resigned. |
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Vacant 30 August 1965 – 3 September 1965 |
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Transitional Government | 100px | Héctor García-Godoy (1921–1970) |
3 September 1965 | 1 July 1966 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Interim President. |
Fourth Republic (1966–present)
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Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
1966 | 1 July 1966 | 16 August 1970 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PRSC | ||
1970 | 16 August 1970 | 16 August 1974 | ||||||
1974 | 16 August 1974 | 16 August 1978 | ||||||
100px | Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911–1982) |
1978 | 16 August 1978 | 4 July 1982 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PRD | Committed suicide. | |
Jacobo Majluta Azar (1934–1996) |
— | 4 July 1982 | 16 August 1982 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PRD | Vice-president under Antonio Guzmán, assumed the presidency to finish his term. | ||
100px | Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926–2010) |
1982 | 16 August 1982 | 16 August 1986 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PRD | ||
100px | Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
1986 | 16 August 1986 | 16 August 1990 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PRSC | After fraud charges in the elections of 1994, an agreement known as the Pact for Democracy (Pacto por la Democracia) was reached, which limited consecutive presidential terms to two terms. | |
1990 | 16 August 1990 | 16 August 1994 | ||||||
1994 | 16 August 1994 | 16 August 1996 | ||||||
100px | Leonel Fernández (born 1953) |
1996 | 16 August 1996 | 16 August 2000 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PLD | ||
100px | Hipólito Mejía (born 1941) |
2000 | 16 August 2000 | 16 August 2004 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PRD | ||
100px | Leonel Fernández (born 1953) |
2004 | 16 August 2004 | 16 August 2008 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PLD | ||
2008 | 16 August 2008 | 16 August 2012 | ||||||
100px | Danilo Medina (born 1951) |
2012 | 16 August 2012 | 16 August 2016 | Error: Need valid year, month, day years | PLD | ||
2016 | 16 August 2016 | 16 August 2020 | ||||||
100px | Luis Abinader (born 1967) |
2020 | 16 August 2020 | Incumbent | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | PRM | [6] |
Timeline from 1965

See also
- President of the Dominican Republic
- Vice President of the Dominican Republic
- Politics of the Dominican Republic
References
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