List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
Presidents of the Fourth Republic (1966–present)

List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic

Section Title: Presidents of the Fourth Republic (1966–present)
Table Section Text: None

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Elections	Political party	Notes

Start	End

-	Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002)	1 July 1966	16 August 1970	1966	PRSC

16 August 1970	16 August 1974	1970	PRSC

16 August 1974	16 August 1978	1974	PRSC

-	Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911–1982)	16 August 1978	4 July 1982	1978	PRD	Committed suicide.

Jacobo Majluta Azar.JPG	Jacobo Majluta Azar (1934–1996)	4 July 1982	16 August 1982	—	PRD	Vice-president under Antonio Guzmán, assumed the presidency after his suicide.

-	Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926–2010)	16 August 1982	16 August 1986	1982	PRD

-	Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002)	16 August 1986	16 August 1990	1986	PRSC

16 August 1990	16 August 1994	1990	PRSC

16 August 1994	16 August 1996	1994	PRSC	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 (1953–)	16 August 1996	16 August 2000	1996	PLD

-	Hipólito Mejía (1941–)	16 August 2000	16 August 2004	2000	PRD

-	Leonel Fernández (1953–)	16 August 2004	16 August 2008	2004	PLD

16 August 2008	16 August 2012	2008	PLD

-	Danilo Medina (1951–)	16 August 2012	16 August 2016	2012	PLD

16 August 2016	Incumbent (Term ends on 16 August 2020)	2016	PLD

Sentence(s)

The Dominican Liberation party has been elected into office four times now, with Danilo Medina as current President of the Dominican Republic, in the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections, though losing in 2000.

final_sentence: The Dominican Liberation party has been elected into office four times now, with Danilo Medina as current President of the Dominican Republic, in the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections, though losing in 2000.