# List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

The president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic is the speaker of the lower chamber of the legislature.
The lower chamber was called Tribunado 1844-1854, then Chamber of Representatives 1854-1878, and Chamber of Deputies since 1878.

## Presidents of Tribunado 1844-1854

| Name | Period |
| José Joaquín Delmonte | 1845 |
| Juan Bautista Lovalace | 1846, 1847, 1849 |
| Francisco Javier Abreu | 1846, 1847 |
| Tomás Bobadilla | 1847 |
| Toribio López Villanueva | 1848 |
| Félix María Delmonte | 1848, 1849, 1853 |
| Antonio Gutiérrez | 1849 |
| José Mateo Perdomo | 1850, 1851 |
| Gaspar Hernández | 1851, 1852 |
| Félix Mercenario | 1852 |
| Felipe Perdomo | 1852, 1853 |
| José Román | 1853 |
| Domingo Daniel Pichardo | 1854 |

## Presidents of the lower chamber called Chamber of Representatives 1854-1878

| Name | Period |
| Felipe Perdomo | 1854 |
| Pedro Pablo Bonilla | 1854 |
| José Román | 1854 |
| Federico Peralta | 1854 |
| Francisco Javier Abreu | 1866 |
| José del Carmen Reynoso | 1866 |
| Juan Bautista Zafra | 1867 |
| Melitón Valverde | 1867 |
| Emiliano Tejera | 1874 |
| Apolinar de Castro | 1875-1876 |
| Félix Mariano Lluberes | 1877 |
| Manuel de Jesús Galván | 1878 |
| Fernando Arturo de Meriño | 1878 |
| Pedro M. Piñeyro | 1878 |

## Presidents of the lower chamber called Chamber of Deputies since 1878

| Name | Period |
| Pedro M. Piñeyro | 1879 |
| Manuel M. Cabral | 1879 |
| Alejandro S. Vicioso | 1879 |
| Manuel Piña Benítez | 1879 |
| Isaías Franco Bidó | 1880, 1881, 1896, 1897, 1899 |
| Domingo A. Rodríguez | 1880 |
| Rafael M. Leyba | 1880, 1881 |
| Alfredo Deetjen | 1882, 1883, 1884 |
| Fernando Arturo de Meriño | 1883 |
| Federico García Pérez | 1884, 1885 |
| Rodolfo R. Boscowitz | 1885 |
| Sebastián E. Valverde | 1885 |
| Alejandro S. Vicioso | 1886, 1888 |
| Juan Francisco Sánchez | 1886 |
| Miguel A. Román | 1887 |
| José M. Arzeno | 1887-1888 |
| Eugenio C. de Marchena | 1887 |
| Enrique Henríquez | 1888, 1893 |
| Sergio Arturo de Moya | 1888, 1899 |
| Pedro María Garrido | 1889, 1890, 1891 |
| Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez | 1889 |
| Luis T. del Castillo | 1889, 1890, 1892 |
| Luis Arturo Bermúdez | 1889, 1890, 1891 |
| Leovigildo Cuello | 1889 |
| Juan M. Molina | 1890, 1892 |
| Mariano Rodríguez Objío | 1890 |
| Federico García Godoy | 1891 |
| Julián Zorrilla | 1891 |
| José E. Santelises | 1892 |
| Hipólito Pierret | 1893, 1894, 1896 |
| Jorge Curiel | 1894, 1895 |
| Pedro A. Bobea | 1895 |
| Carlos T. Nouel | 1897, 1898 |
| Federico Leonte Vásquez Lajara | 1897, 1898 |
| Isidro Mejía | 1899 |
| José Furcy Castellanos | 1899, 1903 |
| Rafael E. Galván | 1899 |
| Rafael Abreu Licairac | 1899, 1901, 1902 |
| José Dubeau | 1899 |
| Emilio Prud’Homme | 1900, 1901 |
| Manuel Ubaldo Gómez | 1900, 1903 |
| José María Cabral y Báez | 1901 |
| Pedro B. Coiscou | 1901 |
| Carlos Morales Languasco | 1901 |
| Juan José Sánchez | 1902 |
| Rafael Justino Castillo | 1902 |
| Manuel Arturo Machado | 1903 |
| Ramón Báez | 1903 |
| José E. Otero Nolasco | 1904 |
| Francisco Richiez Ducoudray | 1904 |
| Alberto Arredondo Miura | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908 |
| Manuel María Sanabia | 1904 |
| Joaquín Morales Bernal | 1904 |
| Manuel de Jesús Aybar | 1905 |
| Joaquín Salazar | 1905 |
| Israel Alvarez Cabrera | 1905 |
| Ramón O. Lovatón | 1906, 1907, 1908 |
| Manuel de Jesús Viñas | 1906 |
| Octavio Beras | 1906 |
| Agustín Acevedo | 1908 |
| José E. Otero Nolasco | 1908 |
| Octavio Beras | 1908-1909 |
| Agustín Acevedo | 1910-1911 |
| Salvador Otero Nolasco | 1912 |
| Rodolfo Coiscou | 1912 |
| Octavio Beras | 1914 |
| Juan José Sánchez | 1914-1915 |
| Luis Bernard | 1915-1916 |
| Ernesto Bonelli Burgos | 1924-1930 |
| Miguel Ángel Roca | 1930-1936 |
| Daniel Henríquez Velásquez | 1936-1937 |
| Arturo Pellerano Sardá | 1937-1940 |
| Abelardo René Nanita León | 1940-1942 |
| Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle | 1942 |
| Porfirio Herrera Velásquez | 1943-1955 |
| Rafael Francisco Prats Ramírez (Don Pachito) | 1955-1956 |
| Carlos Sánchez y Sánchez | 1956-1958 |
| José Ramón Rodríguez | 1958-1961 |
| Carlos Rafael Goico Morales | 1961-1962 |
| Miguel A. McCabe Aristy | 1963 |
| Rafael R. Molina Ureña | 1963 |
| Patricio Gerardo Badía Lara | 1966-1970 |
| Atilio Antonio Guzmán Fernández | 1970-1978 |
| Abraham Bautista Alcántara | 1978-1979 |
| Hatuey DeCamps Jiménez | 1979-1982 |
| Hugo Tolentino Dipp | 1982-1986 |
| Fernando A. Amiama Tió | 1986-1987 |
| Ramón Edilio Vargas Ortega | 1987 |
| Luis José González Sánchez | 1987-1990 |
| Norge William Botello Fernández | 1990-1994 |
| Danilo Medina Sánchez | 1994-1995 |
| José Ramón 'Monchy' Fadul y Fadul | 1995-1996 |
| Héctor Rafael Peguero Méndez | 1996-1999 |
| Rafaela Alburquerque de González | 1999-2003 |
| Alfredo Pacheco Osoria | 2003-2006 |
| Julio César Valentín Jiminián | 2006-2010 |
| Abel Martínez Durán | 2010-2016 |
| Lucía 'Yomaira' Medina Sánchez | 2016–2017 |
| Rubén Darío Maldonado Díaz | 2017–2018 |
| Radhamés Camacho | 2018–2020 |
| Alfredo Pacheco | 2020– |