President of the Dominican Republic - Definition and Overview

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
• Pedro Santana (Supreme Chief of the Republic): 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

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–present

• Pedro Antonio Pimentel: 25 March – 4 August 1865
• José María Cabral (Protector): 4 August – 15 November 1865
• Pedro Guillermo (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 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
• Junta of Generals: 13 February – 2 May 1868
• Buenaventura Báez: 2 May 1868 – 2 January 1874
• Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 2 January – 22 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
• Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 11 November – 9 December 1876
• Marcos Antonio Cabral (Pres. of Provisional Governing Junta): 10 – 26 December 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
• Jacinto del Rosario de Castro (acting): 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 – 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
• Horacio Vásquez (President of the Provisional Government): 4 September – 15 November 1899
• Juan Isidro Jimenes: 15 November 1899 – 2 May 1902
• Horacio Vásquez (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 26 April 1902 –- 23 April 1903
• 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
• Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (provisional): 1 December 1912 – 13 April 1913
• José Bordas Valdés (provisional): 14 April 1913 – 27 August 1914
• Ramón Báez (provisional): 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
• American Governors:
  • 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
• Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos (provisional): 21 October 1922 – 12 July 1924
• Horacio Vásquez: 12 July 1924 – 3 March 1930
• Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting): 3 March – 16 August 1930
• Rafael Trujillo: 16 August 1930 – 16 August 1938
• Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado: 16 August 1938 – 7 March 1940
• Manuel de Jesús 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
• Trimumvirate: 26 September 1963 – 25 April 1965
• Antonio Imbert Barrera: 7 May – 30 August 1965
• Héctor García Godoy (provisional): 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 – August 16 2004
• Leonel Fernández Reyna (August 16 2004-present)