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This page contains a list of presidents of the Dominican Republic. See also lists of incumbents.

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Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1844–1861

  • Pedro Santana: 13 November 1844 – 4 August 1848
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 4 August – 8 September 1848
  • Manuel Jimenes: 8 September 1848 – 29 May 1849
  • Buenaventura Báez: 24 September 1849 – 15 February 1853
  • Pedro Santana: 15 February 1853 – 26 May 1856
  • Manuel de Regla Mota: 26 May – 8 October 1856
  • Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 – 13 June 1858
  • José Desiderio Valverde: 13 June – 28 July 1858
  • Pedro Santana: 28 July 1858 – 18 March 1861

Spanish Governors-General of Santo Domingo, 1861–1865

  • Pedro Santana: 18 March 1861 – 20 July 1862
  • Felipe Ribero: 20 July 1862 – 22 October 1863
  • Carlos de Vargas: 22 October 1863 – 30 March 1864
  • José de la Gándara: 31 March 1864 – 11 July 1865

Heads of State of the Dominican Republic, 1863–1865

  • José Antonio Salcedo: 14 September 1863 – 10 October 1864
  • Gaspar Polanco: 10 October 1864 – 23 January 1865
  • Benigno Filomeno de Rojas: 24 January – 24 March 1865

Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1865–1916

  • Pedro Antonio Pimentel: 25 March – 4 August 1865
  • Buenaventura Báez: 8 December 1865 – 29 May 1866
  • Triumvirate: 29 May – 22 August 1866
  • José María Cabral: 22 August 1866 – 31 January 1868
  • Manuel Altagracia Cáceres: 31 January – 13 February 1868
  • Junta of Generals: 13 February – 2 May 1868
  • Buenaventura Báez: 2 May 1868 – 2 January 1874
  • Generals-in-Chief: 22 January – 6 April 1874
  • Ignacio María González: 6 April 1874 – 23 February 1876
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 23 February – 29 April 1876
  • Ulises Francisco Espaillat: 29 April – 5 October 1876
  • Superior Governing Junta: 5 October – 11 November 1876
  • Buenaventura Báez: 26 December 1876 – 2 March 1878
  • Cesáreo Guillermo (President of the Central Government): 5 March – 6 July 1878
  • Ignacio María González: 6 July – 2 September 1878
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 30 September 1878 – 27 February 1879
  • Cesáreo Guillermo: 27 February – 6 December 1879
  • Gregorio Luperón: 6 December 1879 – 1 September 1880
  • Fernando Arturo de Meriño: 1 September 1880 – 1 September 1882
  • Ulises Heureaux: 1 September 1882 – 1 September 1884
  • Francisco Gregorio Billini: 1 September 1884 – 16 May 1885
  • Alejandro Woss y Gil: 16 May 1885 – 6 January 1887
  • Ulises Heureaux: 6 January 1887 – 27 February 1889
  • Manuel María Gautier (acting): 27 February – 30 April 1889
  • Ulises Heureaux: 30 April 1889 – 26 July 1899
  • Wenceslao Figuereo: 26 July – 30 August 1899
  • Juan Isidro Jimenes: 15 November 1899 – 2 May 1902
  • Alejandro Woss y Gil: 23 April – 24 November 1903
  • Carlos Felipe Morales: 24 October 1903 – 12 January 1906
  • Ramón Cáceres: 12 January 1906 – 19 November 1911
  • Eladio Victoria: 5 December 1911 – 30 November 1912
  • Juan Isidro Jimenes: 5 December 1914 – 7 May 1916
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 7 May – 31 July 1916
  • Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal: 31 July – 29 November 1916

Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1922–1966

Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1966–present

Supreme Chiefs or Protectors

  • Pedro Santana (Supreme Chief of the Republic): 30 May – 23 September 1849
  • José María Cabral (Protector): 4 August – 15 November 1865
  • Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 2 January – 22 January 1874
  • Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 11 November – 9 December 1876
  • Junior Mejia (Supreme Chief): 16 March – 5 December 1878

Heads Provisional Governments or Juntas

  • Pedro Guillermo (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 15 November – 8 December 1865
  • Marcos Antonio Cabral (Pres. of Provisional Governing Junta): 10 – 26 December 1876
  • Horacio Vásquez (President of the Provisional Government): 4 September – 15 November 1899
  • Horacio Vásquez (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 26 April 1902 – 23 April 1903

Provisional or Acting Presidents

  • Jacinto del Rosario de Castro (acting): 7 – 29 September 1878
  • Manuel María Gautier (acting): 27 February – 30 April 1889
  • Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (provisional): 1 December 1912 – 13 April 1913
  • Ramón Báez (provisional): 28 August – 5 December 1914
  • Juan Bautista Vicini (provisional): 21 October 1922 – 12 July 1924
  • Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting): 3 March – 16 August 1930
  • Héctor García Godoy (provisional): 3 September 1965 – 1 July 1966

Latest election

e • d  Summary of the 16 May 2008 Dominican Republic presidential election results
Candidates – Parties Votes %
Leonel Fernández – Dominican Liberation Party and allies (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana y aliados) 2,199,734 53.83
Miguel Vargas – Dominican Revolutionary Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Dominicana y aliados) 1,654,066 40.48
Amable Aristy Castro – Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) 187,645 4.59
Eduardo Estrella – Revolutionary Social Democratic Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata y aliados) 19,309 0.47
Guillermo Moreno – Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio) 18,136 0.44
Pedro de Jesús Candelier – Popular Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Popular) 6,118 0.15
Trajano Santana – Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente) 1,533 0.04
Total (turnout 70.67 %) 4,086,541 100.00%
Source: Junta Central Electoral

See also


Simple English

This page contains a list (modified from Moya Pons[1]) of presidents of the Dominican Republic.

Contents

First Republic, 1844–1861

  • Pedro Santana: 13 November 1844 – 4 August 1848
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 4 August – 8 September 1848
  • Manuel Jimenes: 8 September 1848 – 29 May 1849
  • Pedro Santana: 30 May – 23 September 1849
  • Buenaventura Báez: 24 September 1849 – 15 February 1853
  • Pedro Santana: 15 February 1853 – 26 May 1856
  • Manuel de Regla Mota: 26 May – 8 October 1856
  • Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 – 13 June 1858
  • José Desiderio Valverde: 13 June – 28 July 1858
  • Pedro Santana: 28 July 1858 – 18 March 1861

Annexation to Spain (Governors), 1861–1865

  • Pedro Santana: 18 March 1861 – 20 July 1862
  • Felipe Ribero y Lemoine: 20 July 1862 – 22 October 1863
  • Carlos de Vargas y Cerveto: 22 October 1863 – 30 March 1864
  • José de la Gándara y Navarro: 31 March 1864 – 11 July 1865

Restauration War, 1863–1865

  • José Antonio Salcedo: 14 September 1863 – 10 October 1864
  • Gaspar Polanco: 10 October 1864 – 23 January 1865
  • Benigno Filomeno de Rojas: 24 January – 24 March 1865

Second Republic, 1865–1916

  • Pedro Antonio Pimentel: 25 March – 4 August 1865
  • José María Cabral: 4 August – 15 November 1865
  • Pedro Guillermo: 15 November – 8 December 1865
  • Buenaventura Báez: 8 December 1865 – 29 May 1866
  • Triumvirate: 29 May – 22 August 1866
  • José María Cabral: 22 August 1866 – 31 January 1868
  • Manuel Altagracia Cáceres: 31 January – 13 February 1868
  • Council of Generals: 13 February – 2 May 1868
  • Buenaventura Báez: 2 May 1868 – 2 January 1874
  • Ignacio María González: 2 January – 22 January 1874
  • Generals-in-Charge:': 22 January – 6 April 1874
  • Ignacio María González: 6 April 1874 – 23 February 1876
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 23 February – 29 April 1876
  • Ulises Francisco Espaillat: 29 April – 5 October 1876
  • Governing Council: 5 October – 11 November 1876
  • Ignacio María González: 11 November – 9 December 1876
  • Marcos Antonio Cabral: 10 – 26 December 1876
  • Buenaventura Báez: 26 December 1876 – 2 March 1878
  • Cesáreo Guillermo: 5 March – 6 July 1878
  • Ignacio María González: 6 July – 2 September 1878
  • Jacinto de Castro: 7 – 29 September 1878
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 30 September 1878 – 27 February 1879
  • Cesáreo Guillermo: 27 February – 6 December 1879
  • Gregorio Luperón: 6 December 1879 – 1 September 1880
  • Fernando Arturo de Meriño: 1 September 1880 – 1 September 1882
  • Ulises Heureaux: 1 September 1882 – 1 September 1884
  • Francisco Gregorio Billini: 1 September 1884 – 16 May 1885
  • Alejandro Woss y Gil: 16 May 1885 – 6 January 1887
  • Ulises Heureaux: 6 January 1887 – 26 July 1899
  • Wenceslao Figuereo: 26 July – 30 August 1899
  • Horacio Vásquez: 4 September – 15 November 1899
  • Juan Isidro Jimenes: 15 November 1899 – 2 May 1902
  • Horacio Vásquez: 26 April 1902 – 23 April 1903
  • Alejandro Woss y Gil: 23 April – 24 November 1903
  • Carlos F. Morales Languasco: 24 October 1903 – 12 January 1906
  • Ramón Cáceres: 12 January 1906 – 19 November 1911
  • Eladio Victoria: 5 December 1911 – 30 November 1912
  • Adolfo Alejandro Nouel: 1 December 1912 – 13 April 1913
  • José Bordas Valdés: 14 April 1913 – 27 August 1914
  • Ramón Báez: 28 August – 5 December 1914
  • Juan Isidro Jimenes: 5 December 1914 – 7 May 1916
  • Council of Secretaries of State: 7 May – 31 July 1916
  • Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal: 31 July – 29 November 1916

U.S. occupation (Military Governors), 1916–1922

  • Harry Shepard Knapp: 29 November 1916 – 18 November 1918
  • Ben Hebard Fuller: 18 November 1918 – 25 February 1919
  • Thomas Snowden: 25 February 1919 – 3 June 1921
  • Samuel Robison: 3 June 1921 – 21 October 1922

Third Republic, 1922–present

  • Juan Bautista Vicini: 21 October 1922 – 12 July 1924
  • Horacio Vásquez: 12 July 1924 – 3 March 1930
  • Rafael Estrella Ureña: 3 March – 16 August 1930
  • Rafael Trujillo: 16 August 1930 – 16 August 1938
  • Jacinto Peynado: 16 August 1938 – 7 March 1940
  • Manuel Troncoso de la Concha: 7 March 1940 – 18 May 1942
  • Rafael Trujillo: 18 May 1942 – 16 August 1952
  • Héctor Trujillo: 16 August 1952 – 3 August 1960
  • Joaquín Balaguer: 3 August 1960 – 16 January 1962
  • Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly: 18 January 1962 – 27 February 1963
  • Juan Bosch: 27 February – 25 September 1963
  • Triumvirate: 26 September 1963 – 25 April 1965, chaired from December 29, 1963 by Donald Reid Cabral
  • Francisco Alberto Caamaño: 4 May 1965 – 30 August 1965 Constitutionalist president
  • Antonio Imbert Barrera: 7 May – 30 August 1965 Loyalist president
  • Héctor García Godoy: 3 September 1965 – 1 July 1966
  • Joaquín Balaguer: 1 July 1966 – 16 August 1978
  • Antonio Guzmán Fernández: 16 August 1978 – 4 July 1982
  • Jacobo Majluta Azar: 4 July – 16 August 1982
  • Salvador Jorge Blanco: 16 August 1982 – 16 August 1986
  • Joaquín Balaguer: 16 August 1986 – 16 August 1996
  • Leonel Fernández Reyna: 16 August 1996 – 16 August 2000
  • Hipólito Mejía: 16 August 2000 – 16 August 2004
  • Leonel Fernández Reyna: 16 August 2004 – present

References

  1. ↑ Moya Pons, Frank (1997) (in Spanish). Manual de Historia Dominicana. Santiago, D.R.: UCMM. pp. 587-598. 
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