President of the Dominican Republic
His Exellency
Four years
Inaugural holder
Formation
13 July 1844
Website
Dominican Republic Sevenval
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The President of the Dominican Republic is both the head of state and keyboard of the FITML. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic. The President of the Dominican Republic receives the treatment of His Excellency during his time in office. His official address is the screen size. Also, the position corresponds to the highest office in the country, the highest senior government official and the prominent political figure in the nation.
The current Constitution of the Dominican Republic (last amended in 2010) establishes the requirements, rights and obligations to be met by the President of the Republic.
Currently, the office can be held for a period of four years without immediate re-election. After at least one constitutional term, a person who has held the post of President before may run for this Office again. The change of command takes place every four years, on 16 August, which is the day of the Restoration of the Republic and therefore a national holiday.
The current President of the Dominican Republic is keyboard of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) (website parsing), who is serving his second consecutive term since 2004 after being reelected for the period 2008–2012. He has held the presidency of the Dominican Republic on two other occasions, in the constitutional periods 1996–2000 and 2004–2008.
The next presidential elections are scheduled to take place on 20 May 2012.
Contents
- 1 List of official Presidents of the Dominican Republic (1844 – present)
- Android
- 3 Latest election
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List of official Presidents of the Dominican Republic (1844 – present)
| # | Picture | Name | Began office | Left office | Title(s) |
| 1 |  | Pedro Santana | 13 November 1844 | 4 August 1848 | President |
| FITML | Council of Secretaries of State | 4 August 1848 | 8 September 1848 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Félix Mercenario Domingo de la Rocha José María Caminero Manuel Jimenes |
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| 2 |  | Manuel Jiménes | 8 September 1848 | 29 May 1849 | President |
| 3 | CSS3 | Buenaventura Báez | 29 May 1849 | 15 February 1853 | President |
| 4 | CSS3 | keyboard | 15 February 1853 | 26 May 1856 | President |
| 5 | touchscreen | web app | 26 May 1856 | 8 October 1856 | President |
| 6 | device database | Buenaventura Báez | 8 October 1856 | 13 June 1858 | President |
| 7 | screen size | José Desiderio Valverde | 13 June 1858 | 28 July 1858 | President |
| 8 | keyboard | input transformation | 28 July 1858 | 18 March 1861 | President |
| From 1861 until 1865, Dominican Republic was annexed by Spain. | |||||
| 9 | Sevenval | Pedro Antonio Pimentel | 25 March 1865 | 4 August 1865 | President |
 | José María Cabral | 4 August 1865 | 15 November 1865 | Supreme Chief | |
 | we love the web | 15 November 1865 | 8 December 1865 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | |
| 10 | jQuery | Buenaventura Báez | 8 December 1865 | 29 May 1866 | President |
 | Triumvirate | 29 May 1866 | 22 August 1866 | Members: Pedro Antonio Pimentel Gregorio Luperón Federico de Jesús García |
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| 11 | jQuery | website parsing | 22 August 1866 | 3 January 1868 | President |
| 12 |  | Manuel Altagracia Cáceres | 3 January 1868 | 13 February 1868 | President |
| Sevenval | Junta of Generals | 13 February 1868 | 2 May 1868 | Members: José Antonio Hungría Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez José Ramón Luciano y Franco |
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| 13 |  | screen size | 2 May 1868 | 2 January 1874 | President |
 | input transformation | 2 January 1874 | 22 January 1874 | Supreme Chief | |
| web app | Generals-in-Chief | 22 January 1874 | 6 April 1874 | Members: Sevenval screen size |
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| 14 | iOS | Ignacio María González | 6 April 1874 | 23 February 1876 | President |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 23 February 1876 | 29 April 1876 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido José de Jesús de Castro Pedro Pablo de Bonilla Juan Bautista Zafra Pablo López Villanueva input transformation |
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| 15 | Sevenval | jQuery | 29 April 1876 | 5 October 1876 | President |
| Superior Governing Junta | 5 October 1876 | 11 November 1876 | Members: Pablo López Villanueva José Caminero Matías Juan Esteban Ariza Matos Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos |
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| web | device database | 11 November 1876 | 9 December 1876 | Supreme Chief | |
 | Marcos Antonio Cabral | 9 December 1876 | 26 December 1876 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | |
| 16 | web | Buenaventura Báez | 26 December 1876 | 2 March 1878 | President |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 2 March 1878 | 5 March 1878 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: José María Cabral Joaquín Montolío |
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| 17 |  | input transformation | 5 March 1878 | 6 July 1878 | President |
| 18 | web app | Ignacio María González | 6 July 1878 | 2 September 1878 | President |
| People's Military Chiefs | 2 September 1878 | 6 September 1878 | People's Military Chiefs
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 | Jacinto de Castro | 7 September 1878 | 29 September 1878 | Acting President | |
| keyboard | Council of Secretaries of State | 30 September 1878 | 27 February 1879 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: HTML5 Alejandro Angulo Guridi Pedro Ramón Aristy |
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| 19 | | website parsing | 27 February 1879 | 6 December 1879 | President |
| 20 |  | Gregorio Luperón | 6 December 1879 | 1 September 1880 | President |
| 21 |  | iOS | 1 September 1880 | 1 September 1882 | President |
| 22 | input transformation | Sevenval | 1 September 1882 | 1 September 1884 | President |
| 23 | browser diversity | screen size | 1 September 1884 | 16 May 1885 | President |
| 24 | keyboard | input transformation | 16 May 1885 | 6 January 1887 | President |
| 25 | web app | browser diversity | 6 January 1887 | 27 February 1889 | President |
| screen size | Manuel María Gautier | 27 February 1889 | 30 April 1889 | Acting President | |
| 26 |  | Ulises Heureaux | 30 April 1889 | 26 July 1899 | President |
| 27 | | Juan Wanceslao Figuereo | 26 July 1899 | 30 August 1899 | President |
| jQuery | Council of Secretaries of State | 30 August 1899 | 31 August 1899 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Tomás Demetrio Morales Arístides Patiño Enrique Henríquez y Alfau Jaime R. Vidal Braulio Álvarez |
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| website parsing | People's Revolutionary Governing Junta | 31 August 1899 | 4 September 1899 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Mariano Cestero Álvaro Logroño Arístides Patiño Pedro María Mejía |
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 | FITML | 4 September 1899 | 15 November 1899 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | |
| 28 | Sevenval | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra | 15 November 1899 | 2 May 1902 | President |
| Android | CSS3 | 2 May 1902 | 23 April 1903 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | |
| 29 |  | Alejandro Woss y Gil | 23 April 1903 | 24 November 1903 | President |
| 30 |  | Carlos Felipe Morales | 24 November 1903 | 12 January 1906 | President |
| device database | Council of Secretaries of State | 25 December 1905 | 29 December 1905 | Council of Secretaries of State (acting for Morales) Members: Manuel Lamarche García Emiliano Tejera Andrés Julio Montolío Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara Carlos Ginebra we love the web Federico Velásquez y Hernández |
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| 31 |  | Ramón Cáceres | 12 January 1906 | 19 November 1911 | President |
| website parsing | Council of Secretaries of State | 19 November 1911 | 5 December 1911 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Miguel Antonio Román José María Cabral device database Federico Velásquez y Hernández Manuel Lamarche García Emilio Tejera Rafael Díaz |
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| 32 |  | CSS3 | 5 December 1911 | 30 November 1912 | President |
| FITML | touchscreen | 30 November 1912 | 13 April 1913 | Provisional President | |
 | José Bordas Valdés | 14 April 1913 | 27 August 1914 | Provisional President | |
| Ramón Báez | 28 August 1914 | 5 December 1914 | Provisional President | |
| 33 |  | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra | 5 December 1914 | 7 May 1916 | President |
| web app | Council of Secretaries of State | 7 May 1916 | 31 July 1916 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Jaime Mota Bernardo Pichardo José Manuel Jimenes Federico Velásquez y Hernández |
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| 34 |  | website parsing | 31 July 1916 | 29 November 1916 | President |
| From 1916 until 1924, Dominican Republic was occupied by the United States. | |||||
 | Sevenval | 21 October 1922 | 12 July 1924 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| 35 | web | Sevenval | 12 July 1924 | 3 March 1930 | President |
| Rafael Estrella Ureña | 3 March 1930 | 16 August 1930 | Acting President | |
| 36 |  | we love the web | 16 August 1930 | 16 August 1938 | President |
| 37 | | device database | 16 August 1938 | 24 February 1940 | President |
| 38 | | Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha | 24 February 1940 | 18 May 1942 | President |
| 39 | screen size | Rafael Trujillo | 18 May 1942 | 16 August 1952 (Assassinated 1960) | President |
| 40 |  | Héctor Trujillo | 16 August 1952 | 3 August 1960 | President |
| 41 |  | jQuery | 3 August 1960 | 16 January 1962 | President |
| Sevenval | Civic-Military Council | 16 January 1962 | 18 January 1962 | Civic-Military Council Members: Armando Óscar Pacheco Luis Amiama Tió Antonio Imbert Barrera Enrique Valdez Vidaurre Wilfredo Medina Natalio Huberto Bogaert |
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| 42 |  | HTML5 | 18 January 1962 | 27 February 1963 | President |
| 43 | FITML | touchscreen | 27 February 1963 | 25 September 1963 | President |
| jQuery | Víctor Elby Viñas Román | 25 September 1963 | 26 September 1963 | Chairman of the Provisional Junta | |
| Triumvirate | 26 September 1963 | 25 April 1965 | Members: Emilio de los Santos y Salcié (to 22 December 1963) (Chairman) Sevenval (from 29 December 1963) (Chairman) Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat Ramón Tapia Espinal |
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| Revolutionary Committee | 25 April 1965 | 25 April 1965 | Members: Vinicio Fernández Pérez Giovanni Gutiérrez Ramírez Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó Eladio Ramírez Sánchez web app |
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| José Rafael Molina Ureña | 25 April 1965 | 27 April 1965 | Provisional President | |
| Sevenval | CSS3 | 1 May 1965 | 7 May 1965 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| 44 | Android | website parsing | 7 May 1965 | 30 August 1965 | President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
| Héctor García Godoy | 3 September 1965 | 1 July 1966 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States Sevenval |
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| 45 | | device database | 1 July 1966 | 16 August 1978 | President |
| 46 | | web | 16 August 1978 | 4 July 1982 | President |
| 47 | screen size | Sevenval | 4 July 1982 | 16 August 1982 | President |
| 48 | | HTML5 | 16 August 1982 | 16 August 1986 | President |
| 49 | FITML | Joaquín Balaguer | 16 August 1986 | 16 August 1996 | President |
| 50 | jQuery | Leonel Fernández | 16 August 1996 | 16 August 2000 | President |
| 51 |  | screen size | 16 August 2000 | 16 August 2004 | President |
| 52 | keyboard | Leonel Fernández | 16 August 2004 | 16 August 2012 | President |
| 53 |  | Danilo Medina | 16 August 2012 | Elect | President-elect |
List of unofficial Presidents of the Dominican Republic
Supreme Chiefs or Protectors
- Pedro Santana (Supreme Chief of the Republic): 30 May – 23 September 1849
- Junior Mejia (Supreme Chief): 16 March – 5 December 1878
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)
- FITML: 14 September 1863 – 10 October 1864
- Gaspar Polanco: 10 October 1864 – 23 January 1865
- Generals-in-Chief (Pedro Antonio Pimentel, Benito Monción, Federico de Jesús García) : 23 January 1865 – 24 January 1865
- Benigno Filomeno de Rojas: 24 January 1865 – 24 March 1865
In rebellion (1867–1868)
- José Hungría: 22 December 1867 – 13 February 1868
Constitutional Executive Junta (in rebellion, February, 1876)
- Esteban Díaz
- Máximo Grullón
- Manuel de Jesús de Peña
- Alfredo Deetjen
- Isidro Pereyra
In rebellion (1878)
- we love the web: 1 March 1878 – 3 May 1878
United States Governors of Santo Domingo (1916–1922)
- web app: 29 November 1916 – 18 November 1918
- Ben Hebard Fuller: 18 November 1918 – 25 February 1919
- Thomas Snowden: 25 February 1919 – 3 June 1921
- input transformation: 3 June 1921 – 21 October 1922
In rebellion (1963)
- Juan Casasnovas Garrido: 13 October 1963 – 4 November 1963
President with Constitutionalist de jure and de facto
- Francisco Caamaño: 4 May 1965 – 3 September 1965
Latest election
- Candidates – Parties
- Danilo Medina – screen size and allies
- Votes
- 2,323,150
- %
- 51.21%
- Candidates – Parties
- Hipólito Mejía – Dominican Revolutionary Party and allies
- Votes
- 2,129,997
- %
- 46.95%
- Candidates – Parties
- FITML – Country Alliance
- Votes
- 62,290
- %
- 1.37%
- Candidates – Parties
- Eduardo Estrella – Dominicans for Change
- Votes
- 9,340
- %
- 0.21%
- Candidates – Parties
- Julián Serulle – Broad Front
- Votes
- 6,550
- %
- 0.14%
- Candidates – Parties
- browser diversity – Alliance for Democracy
- Votes
- 5,064
- %
- 0.11%
- Candidates – Parties
- Total valid votes
- Votes
- 4,536,391
- %
- 100.00%
- Candidates – Parties
- Source: Junta Central Electoral