President of the Dominican Republic | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | National Palace, Santo Domingo |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Pedro Santana |
Formation | 13 November 1844 |
Website | presidencia.gob.do |
The President of the Dominican Republic is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. This page contains a list (modified from Moya Pons[1]) of presidents of the Dominican Republic.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party |
Notes | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936) |
1924 | 12 July 1924 | 3 March 1930 | 5 years, 234 days | Red | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |||
Rafael Estrella Ureña (1889–1945) |
— | 3 March 1930 | 16 August 1930 | 166 days | Republican | Minister of Interior and Police under Horacio Vásquez, assumed the presidency after coup d'état. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. | |||
Rafael Trujillo (1891–1961) |
1930 | 16 August 1930 | 16 August 1934 | 8 years | Confederation of Parties | ||||
1934 | 16 August 1934 | 16 August 1938 | PD | ||||||
Jacinto Peynado (1878–1940) |
1938 | 16 August 1938 | 7 March 1940 | 1 year, 204 days | PD | Died in office. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. | |||
Manuel de Jesús Troncoso (1878–1955) |
— | 7 March 1940 | 18 May 1942 | 2 years, 72 days | PD | Vice-president under Jacinto Peynado, assumed the presidency after his death. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. | |||
Rafael Trujillo (1891–1961) |
1942 | 18 May 1942 | 16 August 1947 | 10 years, 90 days | PD | Finished the presidential term of Jacinto Peynado ending on 16 August 1942. | |||
1947 | 16 August 1947 | 16 August 1952 | |||||||
Héctor Trujillo (1908–2002) |
— | 1 March 1951 | 1 October 1951 | 9 years, 155 days | 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. | ||||||
Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
— | 3 August 1960 | 31 December 1961 | 1 year, 150 days | 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. | |||
Council of State | — | 1 January 1962 | 16 January 1962 | 1 year, 15 days | — | 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. | |||
Civic-Military Junta | — | 16 January 1962 | 18 January 1962 | 2 days | Military | Members: Huberto Bogaert (President), Armando Óscar Pacheco, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera, Enrique Valdez Vidaurre, Wilfredo Medina Natalio, Neit Rafael Nivar Seijas. | |||
Council of State | — | 18 January 1962 | 27 February 1963 | 1 year, 40 days | — | Members: Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly (President), Eduardo Read Barreras, Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera, Donald Reid Cabral. | |||
Juan Bosch (1909–2001) |
1962 | 27 February 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 210 days | PRD | Ousted from office by a coup d'état. | |||
Víctor Elby Viñas Román (1925–2004) |
— | 25 September 1963 | 26 September 1963 | 1 day | Military | President of the Provisional Government Junta. | |||
Triumvirate | — | 26 September 1963 | 23 December 1963 | 88 days | Military | Members: Emilio de los Santos (President), Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat, Ramón Tapia Espinal. | |||
Triumvirate | — | 23 December 1963 | 25 April 1965 | 1 year, 123 days | 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. |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party |
Notes | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
1966 | 1 July 1966 | 16 August 1970 | 12 years, 46 days | PRSC | |||
1970 | 16 August 1970 | 16 August 1974 | ||||||
1974 | 16 August 1974 | 16 August 1978 | ||||||
Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911–1982) |
1978 | 16 August 1978 | 4 July 1982 | 3 years, 322 days | PRD | Committed suicide. | ||
Jacobo Majluta Azar (1934–1996) |
— | 4 July 1982 | 16 August 1982 | 43 days | PRD | Vice-president under Antonio Guzmán, assumed the presidency after his suicide. | ||
Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926–2010) |
1982 | 16 August 1982 | 16 August 1986 | 4 years | PRD | |||
Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) |
1986 | 16 August 1986 | 16 August 1990 | 10 years | PRSC | |||
1990 | 16 August 1990 | 16 August 1994 | ||||||
1994 | 16 August 1994 | 16 August 1996 | After fraud charges in the elections, an agreement known as the Pact for Democracy (Pacto por la Democracia) was reached, which shortened the presidential term to two years. | |||||
Leonel Fernández (born 1953) |
1996 | 16 August 1996 | 16 August 2000 | 4 years | PLD | |||
Hipólito Mejía (born 1941) |
2000 | 16 August 2000 | 16 August 2004 | 4 years | PRD | |||
Leonel Fernández (born 1953) |
2004 | 16 August 2004 | 16 August 2008 | 8 years | PLD | |||
2008 | 16 August 2008 | 16 August 2012 | ||||||
Danilo Medina (born 1951) |
2012 | 16 August 2012 | 16 August 2016 | 11 years, 277 days | PLD | |||
2016 | 16 August 2016 | 16 August 2020 | ||||||
Luis Abinader (born 1967) |
2020 | 16 August 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years | PRM |