page_title: List of people from the Dominican Republic
section_title: Political and military figures
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from the Dominican Republic / Political and military figures
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mons. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel, arzobispo de Santo Domingo y presidente de la República Dominicana.
context_page_description: This is a list of famous or notable people from the Dominican Republic. The list also includes individuals of Dominican ancestry who reside overseas.
context_section_description: Rafael Alburquerque – former vice president
  Geovanny Vicente, political strategist and CNN columnist.
  Pedro Franco Badía – former Secretary of the Interior and Police
  Buenaventura Báez Méndez – former president
  Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo – former president (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)
  Ramón Emeterio Betances – founder of Puerto Rican independence movement (Dominican father)
  Salvador Jorge Blanco – former president (1982–1986)
  Tomás Bobadilla – first ruler of the Dominican Republic
  Juan Bosch y Gaviño – former president
  Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó – former president
  Fernando Cabrera – New York City Councilman
  Ramón Cáceres – former president
  Margarita Cedeño de Fernández – vice-president and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic
  David Collado – former mayor of Santo Domingo.
  Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez – 65th Secretary of State of New York
  Juan Pablo Duarte – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
  Adriano Espaillat – New York State Assemblyman; first Dominican American to be elected to a State House in the United States
  Rafael Espinal – New York State Assemblyman
  Rafael Estrella Ureña – former president
  Carlos Felipe Morales – former president
  Leonel Fernández Reyna – former President (1996–2000, 2004–2008, 2008–2012)
  Pedro Florentino – hero of the Battle of Jacuba, during the War of Independence from Haiti
  Maximiliano Gómez – revolutionary political leader
  Máximo Gómez – military commander of the Cuban War of Independence
  Petronila Angélica Gómez – feminist
  Antonio Guzmán Fernández – former president
  Ulises Heureaux – former president
  Antonio Imbert Barrera – former president
  Gregorio Luperón – former president
  Miguel Martinez – former New York City Councilman
  Danilo Medina – former President (2012–2016)
  Hipólito Mejía – former president
  Ramón Matías Mella – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
  Fernando Arturo de Meriño - politician, theologian
  The Mirabal sisters – political dissidents
  Adolfo Alejandro Nouel – Santo Domingo archbishop and interim president
  José Nuñez-Melo – Canadian politician
  José Francisco Peña Gómez – mayor of Santo Domingo (1982–1986)
  Joseline Peña-Melnyk – member of the Maryland General Assembly
  Cesar A. Perales – 67th Secretary of State of New York
  Thomas Perez – civil rights lawyer
  Donald Reid Cabral – former president
  Ydanis Rodríguez – New York City councilman
  José Antonio (Pepillo) Salcedo – first president after the Restoration of the Dominican Republic
  Roberto Salcedo, Sr. – mayor of Santo Domingo (2002–2016)
  Juan Sánchez Ramírez – military general
  Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez – lawyer
  Francisco del Rosario Sánchez – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
  Pedro Santana Familias – first president (1844)
  José Del Castillo Saviñón – politician
  Angel Taveras – mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
  Rafael Leónidas Trujillo – dictator (1930–1961)
  Ramfis Trujillo – general and son of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
  Francisco Urena – Massachusetts government official
  Fernando Valerio – hero of the battles of Santiago (1844) and Sabana Larga (1856), during the War of Independence from Haiti
  Elias Wessin y Wessin – former general
  For a complete list, please refer to List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
caption: Adolfo Alejandro Nouel
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