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This page contains a list of presidents of the Dominican Republic.  See also lists of incumbents.

## Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1844&ndash;1861
*Pedro Santana: 13 November 1844 &ndash; 4 August 1848
**Council of Secretaries of State:* 4 August &ndash; 8 September 1848
*Manuel Jimenes: 8 September 1848 &ndash; 29 May 1849
*Buenaventura Báez: 24 September 1849 &ndash; 15 February 1853
*Pedro Santana: 15 February 1853 &ndash; 26 May 1856
*Manuel de Regla Mota: 26 May &ndash; 8 October 1856
*Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 &ndash; 13 June 1858
*José Desiderio Valverde: 13 June &ndash; 28 July 1858
*Pedro Santana: 28 July 1858 &ndash; 18 March 1861

## Spanish Governors-General of Santo Domingo, 1861&ndash;1865
*Pedro Santana: 18 March 1861 &ndash; 20 July 1862
*Felipe Ribero: 20 July 1862 &ndash; 22 October 1863
*Carlos de Vargas: 22 October 1863 &ndash; 30 March 1864
*José de la Gándara: 31 March 1864 &ndash; 11 July 1865

## Heads of State of the Dominican Republic, 1863&ndash;1865
*José Antonio Salcedo: 14 September 1863 &ndash; 10 October 1864
*Gaspar Polanco: 10 October 1864 &ndash; 23 January 1865
*Benigno Filomeno de Rojas: 24 January &ndash; 24 March 1865

## Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1865&ndash;1916
*Pedro Antonio Pimentel: 25 March &ndash; 4 August 1865
*Buenaventura Báez: 8 December 1865 &ndash; 29 May 1866
**[[Triumvirate]]:* 29 May &ndash; 22 August 1866
*José María Cabral: 22 August 1866 &ndash; 31 January 1868
*Manuel Altagracia Cáceres: 31 January &ndash; 13 February 1868
**Junta of Generals:* 13 February &ndash; 2 May 1868
*Buenaventura Báez: 2 May 1868 &ndash; 2 January 1874
**Generals-in-Chief:* 22 January &ndash; 6 April 1874
*Ignacio María González: 6 April 1874 &ndash; 23 February 1876
**Council of Secretaries of State:* 23 February &ndash; 29 April 1876
*Ulises Francisco Espaillat: 29 April &ndash; 5 October 1876
**Superior Governing Junta:* 5 October &ndash; 11 November 1876
*Buenaventura Báez: 26 December 1876 &ndash; 2 March 1878
*Cesáreo Guillermo (President of the Central Government): 5 March &ndash; 6 July 1878
*Ignacio María González: 6 July &ndash; 2 September 1878
**Council of Secretaries of State:* 30 September 1878 &ndash; 27 February 1879
*Cesáreo Guillermo: 27 February &ndash; 6 December 1879
*Gregorio Luperón: 6 December 1879 &ndash; 1 September 1880
*Fernando Arturo de Meriño: 1 September 1880 &ndash; 1 September 1882
*Ulises Heureaux: 1 September 1882 &ndash; 1 September 1884
*Francisco Gregorio Billini: 1 September 1884 &ndash; 16 May 1885
*Alejandro Woss y Gil: 16 May 1885 &ndash; 6 January 1887
*Ulises Heureaux: 6 January 1887 &ndash; 27 February 1889
*Manuel María Gautier (acting): 27 February &ndash; 30 April 1889
*Ulises Heureaux: 30 April 1889 &ndash; 26 July 1899
*Wenceslao Figuereo: 26 July &ndash; 30 August 1899
*Juan Isidro Jimenes: 15 November 1899 &ndash; 2 May 1902
*Alejandro Woss y Gil: 23 April &ndash; 24 November 1903
*Carlos Felipe Morales: 24 October 1903 &ndash; 12 January 1906
*Ramón Cáceres: 12 January 1906 &ndash; 19 November 1911
*Eladio Victoria: 5 December 1911 &ndash; 30 November 1912
*Juan Isidro Jimenes: 5 December 1914 &ndash; 7 May 1916
**Council of Secretaries of State:* 7 May &ndash; 31 July 1916
*Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal: 31 July &ndash; 29 November 1916

## Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1922&ndash;1966
*Horacio Vásquez: 12 July 1924 &ndash; 3 March 1930
*Rafael Estrella Urena: 3 March 1930&ndash; 16 August 1930 
*Rafael Trujillo: 16 August 1930 &ndash; 16 August 1938
*Jacinto Peynado: 16 August 1938 &ndash; 7 March 1940
*Manuel Troncoso de la Concha: 7 March 1940 &ndash; 18 May 1942
*Rafael Trujillo: 18 May 1942 &ndash; 16 August 1952
*Héctor Trujillo: 16 August 1952 &ndash; 3 August 1960
*Joaquín Balaguer: 3 August 1960 &ndash; 16 January 1962
*Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly: 18 January 1962 &ndash; 27 February 1963
*Juan Bosch: 27 February &ndash; 25 September 1963
**[[Triumvirate]]:* 26 September 1963 &ndash; 25 April 1965, chaired from 29 December 1963 by Donald Reid Cabral
*Francisco Alberto Caamaño: 4 May 1965 &ndash; 30 August 1965 Constitutionalist *de jure* and *de facto*
*Antonio Imbert Barrera: 7 May &ndash; 30 August 1965 Loyalist

## Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1966&ndash;present
*Joaquín Balaguer: 1 July 1966 &ndash; 16 August 1978
*Antonio Guzmán Fernández: 16 August 1978 &ndash; 4 July 1982
*Jacobo Majluta Azar: 4 July &ndash; 16 August 1982
*Salvador Jorge Blanco: 16 August 1982 &ndash; 16 August 1986
*Joaquín Balaguer: 16 August 1986 &ndash; 16 August 1996
*Leonel Fernández Reyna: 16 August 1996 &ndash; 16 August 2000
*Hipólito Mejía: 16 August 2000 &ndash; 16 August 2004
*Leonel Fernández Reyna: 16 August 2004 &ndash; 16 August 2008
*Leonel Fernandez Reyna: 16 August 2008 &ndash; present

## Supreme Chiefs or Protectors
*Pedro Santana (Supreme Chief of the Republic): 30 May &ndash; 23 September 1849
*José María Cabral (Protector): 4 August &ndash; 15 November 1865
*Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 2 January &ndash; 22 January 1874
*Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 11 November &ndash; 9 December 1876
*Junior Mejia (Supreme Chief): 16 March &ndash; 5 December 1878

## Heads Provisional Governments or Juntas
*Pedro Guillermo (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 15 November &ndash; 8 December 1865
*Marcos Antonio Cabral (Pres. of Provisional Governing Junta): 10 &ndash; 26 December 1876
*Horacio Vásquez (President of the Provisional Government): 4 September &ndash; 15 November 1899
*Horacio Vásquez (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 26 April 1902 &ndash; 23 April 1903

## Provisional or Acting Presidents
*Jacinto del Rosario de Castro (acting): 7 &ndash; 29 September 1878
*Manuel María Gautier (acting): 27 February &ndash; 30 April 1889
*Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (provisional): 1 December 1912 &ndash; 13 April 1913
*Ramón Báez (provisional): 28 August &ndash; 5 December 1914
*Juan Bautista Vicini (provisional): 21 October 1922 &ndash; 12 July 1924
*Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting): 3 March &ndash; 16 August 1930
*Héctor García Godoy (provisional): 3 September 1965 &ndash; 1 July 1966

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