List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic

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

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

panish 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

*Horacio Vásquez: 12 July 1924 – 3 March 1930
*Rafael Estrella Urena: 3 March 1930– 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 "de jure" and "de facto"
*Antonio Imbert Barrera: 7 May – 30 August 1965 Loyalist

Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1966–present

*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

upreme 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

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