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De facto ruler (Generalissimo)
16 Aug 1930 - 30 May 1961 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo y Molina
(b. 1891 - d. 1961) Mil/PD
Governors
1492 - 1500 Cristóbal Colón (viceroy) (b. 1451 - d. 1506)
1496
- 1498
Bartolomé Colón
(c. 1461 - d. 1514)
1500 - 1502
Francisco de Bobadilla
(b. 14.. - d. 1502)
(royal commissioner)
1502 - 1509
Fray Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres
(b. 1460 - d. 1518)
1509 - 1515
Diego Colón (1st time)
(b. c.1480 - d. 1526)
1515 - 1516 Cristóbal Lebrón
14 Dec 1516 - 1519
Luis de Figueroa
+ Bernardino de Manzanedo
+ Ildefonso de Santo Domingo
1519 - 1520
Rodrigo de Figueroa
1520 - 1524
Diego Colón (2nd time)
(s.a.)
- jointly with -
1524 - 1528
Alonso de Zuazo
+ Gaspar de Espinosa
(b. 1484 - d. 1537)
Governors and Captains-general
1528 - 1531
Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, (b.
1490 - d. 1547)
bispo de Santo Domingo
(1st time)
1531 - 1533
Alonso de Zuazo
1533 - 1540
Alonso de Fuenmayor,
bispo de Santo Domingo
1540 - 1543 Luis Colón (b. 1519 - d. 1572)
1543 - 1549
Alonso López de Cerrato
1549 - 1556
Alonso de Fuenmayor,
arzobispo de Santo Domingo
(2nd time)
1556 - 1560
Alonso de Maldonaldo
1560
Juan López de Cepeda
1560 - 1561
Diego de Vera
1561 - 1564
Alonso Arias de Herrera
1564 - 1583 Antonio de Osorio
1583 - 1590 Cristóbal de Ovalles
1590 - 1597
Lope de Vega Portocarrero
1597 - 1608
Domingo de Osorio
1608 - 1624
Diego Gómez de Sandoval
1624 - 1634
Diego de Acuña
1634 - 1646
Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y
Navarra
1646 - 1649
Nicolás de Velazco Altamirano
1649 - 1652 Gabriel de Chaves Osorio
1651 - 1652
Francisco Pantoja de Ayala
1652 - 1657
Bernardino de Meneses Brancamonte
y Zapata, conde de Peñalba
1657 - 1658
Félix de Zúñiga y Avellaneda,
conde de Sacro Imperio
1658 - 1660 Andrés Pérez Franco
1660 - 1662 Juan Francisco de Montemayor Córdova
y Cuenca
1662 - 1670
Juan de Balboa y Mogrovejo
1670 - 1671
Pedro de Carvajal y Lobos
1671 - 1677
Ignacio de Zayas Bazán
1677 - 1679
Juan de Padilla Guardiola y
Guzmán
1679 - 1684
Francisco de Segura Sandoval
y Castilla
1684 - 1689
Andrés de Robles y Gómez
1689 - 1698
Ignacio Pérez Caro (1st time)
1698 - 1699
Gil Correoso Catalán
1699 - 1702
Severino de Manzaneda Salinas
y Rozas
1702 - 1706
Ignacio Pérez Caro (2nd time)
1706 - 1707
Sebastián de Cerezada y Girón
1707 - 1713
Guillermo Morfi
1713 - 1714
Pedro de Niela y Torres
1714 - 1715
Antonio Landeche
1715 - 1723
Fernando Constanzo y Ramírez,
caballero de Santiago
1723 - 1732
Francisco de la Rocha Ferrer
y Labarcés
1732 - 1739
Alonso de Castro y Mazo
1739 - 1750
Pedro Zorilla de San Martín,
marqués de la Gándara Real
1750
Juan José Colomo
1750 - 1751
José de Zunnier de Basteros
1751 - 1759
Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda
1759 - 1771 Manuel de Azlor y Urries
1771 - 1779
José Solano y Bote, (b. 1726 - d. 1806)
marqués del Socorro
1779 - 1785
Isidoro de Peralta y Rojas
1785 - 1786
Joaquín García y Moreno (1st time)
1786 - 1788
Manuel González de Aguilar
Torres de Navarra
1788 - 1801
Joaquín García y Moreno (2nd time)
8 Apr 1795 - 1798
Philippe-Rose
Roume de Saint- (b. 1724 - d. 1804)
Laurent -French Commissioner
4 Oct 1799 - Mar 1801 Antoine Chanlatte -Commissioner
(b. 1749 - d. 1815)
Governors
1801 - 1802
Charles-Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc (b. 1772 - d. 1802)
5 Mar 1801 - c.1803 Jacques Jean Stanislas
Combis (b. 1752 - d. 1808)
(Commissioner; from Sep 1801, Prefect)
Feb 1802 - Nov 1802 Antoine Nicolas Kerverseau (b. 1751 - d. 1802)
c.1803 François Jacques Lequoy de
Mongiraud -Prefect
1803 - 180. Louis Maurice Taupin de
Magnytot -Prefect
Nov 1802 - 7 Nov 1808 Marie Louis Ferrand
(b. 1758 - d. 1808)
1808 - 7 Jul 1809
Joseph-David, comte de Barquier (b. 1757 - d. 1844)
Governors and Captains-general
13 Dec 1808 - 11
Feb 1811 Juan Sánchez Ramírez
(b. 1762 - d. 1811)
(in opposition to 7 Jul 1809)
7 Jul 1809 - Aug 1809 Hugh Lyle Carmichael
(b. 1764 - d. 1813)
(British commander in Samaná)
1811 - 1813
Manuel Caballero y Masot
1813 - 1818
Carlos de Urrutia y Montoya (b.
1750 - d. 1825)
1818 - 1821
Sebastián Kindelán
y Oregón (b. 1763 - d. 1836)
1821 - 1 Dec 1821
Pascual Real
Political Governor and State President
1 Dec 1821 - 9 Feb 1822 José Núñez
de Cáceres y Albor (b. 1772 - d. 1846)
Commanders of Haitian Forces
9 Feb 1822 - 1832 Jérôme-Maximilien
Bargella (b. 1773 - d. 1843)
1832 - Feb 1843 Bernard-Philippe-Alexis Carrié
1843
Charles Rivière-Hérard (b. 1789 - d. 1850)
1843 - 27 Feb 1844 Léo Hérard
President of the Provisional Governing Junta
28 Feb 1844 - 1 Mar 1844 Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
(b. 1817 - d. 1861) Lib
Presidents of the Central Governing Junta
1 Mar 1844 - 5 Jun 1844 Tomás Bobadilla
y Briones (b. 1785
- d. 1871) Tri
5 Jun 1844 - 9 Jun 1844 José María
Caminero Ferrer (b. 1782
- d. 1852) Con
9 Jun 1844 - 16 Jul 1844 Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
(s.a.)
Lib
16 Jul 1844 - 13 Nov 1844 Pedro Santana Familias
(b. 1801 - d. 1864) PA
(concurrently Supreme Chief)
Presidents
13 Nov 1844 - 4 Aug 1848 Pedro Santana Familias (1st
time) (s.a.)
PA
4 Aug 1848 - 8 Sep 1848 Council of Secretaries
of State
- Félix Mercenario Montaño
(b. 1789 - d. 1861)
- Domingo de la Rocha Angulo
(b. 1797 - d. 1883)
- José María Caminero Ferrer
(s.a.)
Con
- Manuel José Jimenes González
(b. 1808 - d. 1854) Lib
8 Sep 1848 - 29 May 1849 Manuel José Jimenes
González (s.a.)
30 May 1849 - 23 Sep 1849 Pedro Santana Familias (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PA
(Supreme Chief of the Republic)
24 Sep 1849 - 15 Feb 1853 Buenaventura Báez Méndez
(b. 1812 - d. 1884) PR
(1st time)
15 Feb 1853 - 26 May 1856 Pedro Santana Familias (3rd time)
(s.a.)
PA
26 May 1856 - 8 Oct 1856 Manuel de Regla Mota y Álvarez
(b. 1795 - d. 1864) PA
de Fuentes
8 Oct 1856 - 13 Jun 1858 Buenaventura Báez Méndez
(s.a.)
PR
(2nd time)
13 Jun 1858 - 28 Jul 1858 José Desiderio Valverde
Pérez (b. c.1822 - d. 1904)Tri
(in dissidence from 7 Jul 1857 [as President
of the Provisional Government to 1 Mar 1858]
and then to 28 Aug 1858)
28 Jul 1858 - 18 Mar 1861 Pedro Santana Familias (4th time)
(s.a.)
PA
(acting to 31 Jan 1859)
Governors and Captains-general
18 Mar 1861 - 20 Jul 1862 Pedro Santana Familias,
(s.a.)
(from 28 Mar 1862) marqués de las
Carreras
20 Jul 1862 - 22 Oct 1863 Felipe Ribero y Lemoine
22 Oct 1863 - 31 Mar 1864 Carlos de Vargas y Cerveto (b. 1817 - d. 1876)
31 Mar 1864 - 11 Jul 1865 José de la Gándara
y Navarro (b. 1820 - d. 1885)
(nominally from 1 May 1865)
Presidents
14 Sep 1863 - 10 Oct 1864 José Antonio Salcedo Ramírez
(b. 1816 - d. 1864) Res
(President of the Government [provisional to 24 Aug
1864])
10 Oct 1864 - 23 Jan 1865 Gaspar Polanco y Borbón
(b. 1816 - d. 1867) Res
(President of the Provisional Government)
23 Jan 1865 - 24 Jan 1865 Generals-in-Chief
- Pedro Antonio Pimentel Chamorro (b. 1830 -
d. 1874) Mil
- Benito Monción Durán
(b. 1826 - d. 1898) Mil
- Federico de Jesús García y
(b. c.1835 - d. 1873)Mil
de la Cruz
24 Jan 1865 - 24 Mar 1865 Benigno Filomeno de Rojas y Ramos
(b. 1811 - d. 1865) Res
(President of the Superior Governing
Junta to 27 Feb 1865, then President
of the Sovereign National Convention)
25 Mar 1865 - 4 Aug 1865 Pedro Antonio Pimentel Chamorro
(s.a.)
PA
4 Aug 1865 - 15 Nov 1865 José María Cabral
y de Luna (b. 1816 - d. 1899)
PA
(Protector of the Republic)(1st time)
15 Nov 1865 - 8 Dec 1865 Pedro Guillermo y Guerrero
(b. 1814 - d. 1867) PR
(President of the Provisional Government;
in dissidence as President of the Central
Governing Junta from earlier in 1865)
8 Dec 1865 - 29 May 1866 Buenaventura Báez Méndez
(s.a.)
PR
(3rd time)
29 May 1866 - 22 Aug 1866 Triumvirate
(in dissidence from 1 May 1866)
- Pedro Antonio Pimentel Chamorro (s.a.)
- Gregorio Luperón
(b. 1839 - d. 1897) PA
- Federico de Jesús García y de
la Cruz
22 Aug 1866 - 31 Jan 1868 José María Cabral y
de Luna (s.a.)
PA
(Chief of Public Administration to 29 Sep 1866)
(2nd time)
22 Dec 1867 - 13 Feb 1868 José Antonio Hungría (b. 1819 - d. 1872) Mil/PR
(President of the Central Government
Junta, in dissidence)
31 Jan 1868 - 13 Feb 1868 Manuel Altagracia Cáceres
(b. 1838 - d. 1878)
Fernández (acting)
13 Feb 1868 - 2 May 1868 Junta of Generals
- José Antonio Hungría
(s.a.)
Mil/PR
- Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez
(d. 1883)
Mil/PR
- José Ramón Luciano y Franco
(d. 1890?)
Mil/PR
2 May 1868 - 2 Jan 1874 Buenaventura Báez
Méndez
(s.a.)
PR
(4th time)
2 Jan 1874 - 21 Jan 1874 Ignacio María González
y Santín (b. 1840 - d. 1915) Ver
(Supreme Chief; in dissidence from 27 Nov 1873)
(1st time)
22 Jan 1874 - 6 Apr 1874 Generals-in-Chief
- Ignacio María González y Santín
(s.a.)
Mil
- Manuel Altagracia Cáceres
(s.a.)
Mil
Fernández
6 Apr 1874 - 23 Feb 1876 Ignacio María González
y Santín (s.a.)
Ver
(2nd time)(Supreme Chief 10 Sep 1874 - 12 Apr 1875)
7 Feb 1876 - Feb 1876 Constitutional
Executive Junta
(in rebellion)
- Esteban Díaz
- Máximo Grullón Salcedo
(b. 1826 - d. 1877)
- Manuel de Jesús de Peña y
(b. 1834 - d. 1915)
Reynoso
- Alfredo Deetjen Merecette
(b. 1826 - d. 1896)
- Isidro Pereyra Casado
(b. 1839 - d. 1893)
23 Feb 1876 - 29 Apr 1876 Council of Secretaries of State
- Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos
(b. 1827 - d. 1895)
- José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro
Álvarez
- Pedro Pablo de Bonilla y
(b. 1807 - d. 1881?)
Correa-Cruzaso
- Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda (b.
1840 - d. 1886)
- Pablo López Villanueva
(d. 1902)
(to 7 Mar 1876)
- Jacinto Peynado y Tejón
(b. 1826 - d. 1897)
(from 7 Mar 1876)
29 Apr 1876 - 5 Oct 1876 Ulises Francisco Espaillat
y (b. 1823 - d. 1878) PA
Quinoñes
Oct 1876 - 30 Oct 1876
Gabino Crespo
Mil
(president of the Central Government
Junta of Restoration Movement; in rebellion)
5 Oct 1876 - 11 Nov 1876 Superior Governing Junta
- Pablo López Villanueva
(s.a.)
- José Caminero Matías
(d. 1892)
- Juan Esteban Ariza Matos
(b. 1820 - d. 1882)
- Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta
- José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro (b. 1829 - d. 1885)
Álvarez
- Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda (s.a.)
- Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos
(s.a.)
11 Nov 1876 - 9 Dec 1876 Ignacio María González
y Santín (s.a.)
Ver
(3rd time) (Supreme Chief)
10 Dec 1876 - 26 Dec 1876 Marcos Ezequiel Antonio Cabral
(b. 1843 - d. 1903)
Figuereo
(President of Provisional Governing Junta)
27 Dec 1876 - 2 Mar 1878 Buenaventura Báez Méndez
(s.a.)
PR
(5th time)(provisional to 21 Mar 1877)
1 Mar 1878 - 13 Apr 1878 Ignacio María González
y Santín (s.a.)
Ver
(4th time)(President of the Provisional
Government of National Movement, in rebellion)
2 Mar 1878 - 5 Mar 1878 Council of Secretaries
of State
- José María Cabral y de Luna
(s.a.)
PA
- Joaquín Antonio Montolío Morales (b.
1821 - d. 1911)
5 Mar 1878 - 6 Jul 1878 Cesáreo Guillermo
y Bastardo (b. 1847 - d. 1885)
PR
(1st time)(President of Provisional Government)
6 Jul 1878 - 2 Sep 1878 Ignacio María González
y Santín (s.a.)
Ver
(5th time)
2 Sep 1878 - 6 Sep 1878 Superior Chiefs of Revolutionary Movement
- Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Lebert
(b. 1845 - d. 1899) Mil/PA
- Cesáreo Guillermo y Bastardo
(s.a.)
Mil
7 Sep 1878 - 30 Sep 1878 Jacinto del Rosario de Castro
(b. 1811 - d. 1896) Mil
(acting)
30 Sep 1878 - 27 Feb 1879 Council of Secretaries of State
- Cesáreo Guillermo y Bastardo
(s.a.)
PR
- Alejandro Angulo Guridi
(b. 1823 - d. 1906)
- Pedro Ramón María Aristy Díaz
27 Feb 1879 - 6 Dec 1879 Cesáreo Guillermo y Bastardo
(s.a.)
PR
(2nd time)
6 Dec 1879 - 1 Sep 1880 Gregorio Luperón
(s.a.)
PA
(president of provisional government;
in rebellion from 7 Oct 1879)
1 Sep 1880 - 1 Sep 1882 Fernando Arturo de Meriño
y (b. 1833 - d. 1906) PA
Ramírez
1 Sep 1882 - 1 Sep 1884 Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Lebert (s.a.)
PA
(1st time)
1 Sep 1884 - 16 May 1885 Francisco Gregorio Billini
y (b. 1844 - d. 1898) PA
Aristy
16 May 1885 - 6 Jan 1887 Alejandro Woss y Gil (1st
time) (b. 1856 - d. 1932) PA
6 Jan 1887 - 27 Mar 1889 Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Lebert
(s.a.)
PA
(2nd time)
27 Mar 1889 - 30 Apr 1889 Manuel María de la Concepción
(b. 1830 - d. 1897) PR
Gautier (acting)
30 Apr 1889 - 26 Jul 1899 Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Lebert
(s.a.)
PA
(3rd time)
26 Jul 1899 - 30 Aug 1899 Juan Wenceslao Figuereo Casó
(b. 1834 - d. 1910) RP
31 Aug 1899 Council of Secretaries of State
- Tomás Demetrio Morales Bernal
(b. 1848 - d. 1904)
- Arístides Patiño Valdés
(b. 1856 - d. 1928)
- Enrique Henríquez y Alfau
(b. 1859 - d. 1940)
- Jaime Rodolfo Vidal Castillo
- Braulio Álvarez y del
(b. 1841 - d. 1927)
Castillo (undersecretary)
31 Aug 1899 - 4 Sep 1899 People's Revolutionary
Governing Junta
- Mariano Antonio de las Mercedes (b. 1838 -
d. 1909)
Cestero Aybar
- Álvaro Logroño
(b. 1855 - d. 1915)
- Arístides Patiño Valdés
(s.a.)
- Pedro María Mejía y Cotes
(b. 1844 - d. 1916)
4 Sep 1899 - 15 Nov 1899 Felipe Horacio Vásquez
Lajara (b. 1860 - d. 1936) PA
(President of the Provisional Government;
in rebellion from 1 Aug 1899)
(1st time)
15 Nov 1899 - 2 May 1902 Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
(b. 1846 - d. 1919) Jim
(1st time)
26 Apr 1902 - 23 Apr 1903 Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara
(s.a.)
Hor
(president of Provisional Government)
(2nd time)
23 Apr 1903 - 24 Nov 1903 Alejandro Woss y Gil (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jim
(president of Provisional Government to 1 Aug 1903)
24 Oct 1903 - 12 Jan 1906 Carlos Felipe Morales Languasco
(b. 1868 - d. 1914) Hor
(President of the Provisional Government
to 19 Apr 1904; left the country 25 Dec 1905)
25 Dec 1905 - 29 Dec 1905 Council of Secretaries of State
(acting for Morales)
- Manuel Lamarche García
(b. 1852 - d. 1915)
- Emiliano Tejera Penson
(b. 1841 - d. 1923)
- Andrés Julio Montolío Moscoso
(b. 1821 - d. 1911)
- Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara (b.
1856 - d. 1923)
- Carlos Ginebra
- Eladio Abdom Victoria Victoria (b. 1864 - d. 1939)
Hor
- Federico Velásquez y Hernández
(b. 1867 - d. 1934)
29 Dec 1905 - 19 Nov 1911 Ramón Arturo Cáceres
Vásquez (b. 1866 - d. 1911)
Hor
(acting for Morales to 12 Jan 1906)
19 Nov 1911 - 5 Dec 1911 Council of Secretaries
- Miguel Antonio Román Rodríguez
(b. 1834 - d. 1920)
- José María Cabral y Baéz
(b. 1864 - d. 1937)
- Manuel de Jesús María Ulpiano
(b. 1878 - d. 1955)
Troncoso de la Concha
- Federico Velásquez y Hernández
(s.a.)
(1st time)
- Manuel Lamarche García
(s.a.)
- Emilio Tejera Bonetti
(b. 1880 - d. 1968)
- Rafael Díaz
5 Dec 1911 - 30 Nov 1912 Eladio Abdom Victoria Victoria
(s.a.)
Hor
(provisional to 27 Feb 1912)
1 Dec 1912 - 13 Apr 1913 Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y
(b. 1862 - d. 1937) Non-party
Bobadilla (interim)
14 Apr 1913 - 27 Aug 1914 José Bordas Valdés
(interim) (b. 1874 - d. 1968) Non-party
28 Aug 1914 - 5 Dec 1914 Ramón Báez Machado
(provisional) (b. 1858 - d. 1929) Non-party
5 Dec 1914 - 7 May 1916 Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
(s.a.)
Jim
(2nd time)
7 May 1916 - 31 Jul 1916 Council of Secretaries
- Jaime Mota Vidal
(b. 1860 - d. 19..)
- Bernardo José Arturo Pichardo y (b.
1877 - d. 1924)
Patín
- José Manuel Jimenes Domínguez
(d. 1947)
(to 1916)
- Federico Velásquez y Hernández
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(from 1916)
31 Jul 1916 - 29 Nov 1916 Francisco Hilario Henríquez
y (b. 1859 - d. 1935) Jim
Carvajal (provisional)
Governors
29 Nov 1916 - 18 Nov 1918 Harry Shepard Knapp
(b. 1856 - d. 1923) Mil
23 Aug 1917 - 11 Sep 1917 Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr.
(b. 1860 - d. 1933) Mil
(acting for Knapp)
5 Feb 1918 - 17 Mar 1918 Joseph Henry Pendleton (1st
time) (b. 1860 - d. 1942) Mil
(acting for Knapp)
6 Apr 1918 - 1 Jun 1918 Joseph Henry Pendleton
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Mil
(acting for Knapp)
2 Jul 1918 - 1 Sep 1918 Joseph Henry Pendleton
(3rd time) (s.a.)
Mil
(acting for Knapp)
18 Nov 1918 - 25 Feb 1919 Benjamin Hebard Fuller
(b. 1870 - d. 1937) Mil
25 Feb 1919 - 3 Jun 1921 Thomas Snowden, Jr.
(b. 1857 - d. 1930) Mil
3 Jun 1921 - 21 Oct 1922 Samuel S. Robinson
(b. 1867 - d. 1952)
3 Jan 1922 - 19 Feb 1922 Harry Lee (1st time)
(b. 1872 - d. 1935) Mil
(acting for Robinson)
14 Jun 1922 - 24 Jul 1922 Harry Lee (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Mil
(acting for Robinson)
Presidents
21 Oct 1922 - 12 Jul 1924 Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos
(b. 1871 - d. 1935) Lib
(provisional)
12 Jul 1924 - 2 Mar 1930 Felipe Horacio Vásquez
Lajara (s.a.)
PNG
(3rd time)
3 Mar 1930 - 16 Aug 1930 Juan Rafael Estrella Ureña
(acting)(b. 1889 - d. 1945) Rep
16 Aug 1930 - 16 Aug 1938 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo y Molina
(s.a.)
Mil/PD
(1st time)
16 Aug 1938 - 7 Mar 1940 Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado
y (b. 1878 - d. 1940) PD
Peynado
7 Mar 1940 - 18 May 1942 Manuel de Jesús María
Ulpiano (s.a.)
PD
Troncoso de la Concha
18 May 1942 - 16 Aug 1952 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo y Molina
(s.a.)
PD/Mil
(2nd time) (acting to 16 Aug 1942)
16 Aug 1952 - 3 Aug 1960 Héctor Bienvenido Trujillo
(b. 1908 - d. 2002) PD
y Molina
3 Aug 1960 - 16 Jan 1962 Joaquín Antonio Balaguer
Ricardo (b. 1906/7 - d. 2002)MPD
(1st time)
16 Jan 1962 - 17 Jan 1962 Civic-Military Council
- Armando Óscar Pacheco Román
(b. 1901 - d. 1983)
- Luis Emilio Amiama Tió
(b. 1914 - d. 1980)
- Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera
(b. 1920)
Mil
- Enrique Rafael Valdez Vidaurre
- Wilfredo Medina Natalio
17 Jan 1962 - 18 Jan 1962 Huberto Carlos Conrado Godofred (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
Mil
Bogaert Román (president of
Civic-Military Council)
18 Jan 1962 - 27 Feb 1963 Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur
(b. 1904 - d. 1979) Rep
27 Feb 1963 - 25 Sep 1963 Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño
(b. 1909 - d. 2001) PRD
25 Sep 1963 - 26 Sep 1963 Víctor Elby Viñas
Román
(b. 1925? - d. 2004) Mil
(chairman Provisional Junta)
26 Sep 1963 - 25 Apr 1965 Triumvirate
- Emilio de los Santos y Salcié
(b. 1903 - d. 198.)
(to 22 Dec 1963) (chairman)
- Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat (b. 1924 - d. 1984)
- Ramón Tapia Espinal
(b. 1926 - d. 2002)
- Donald Joseph Reid Cabral
(b. 1923 - d. 2006) UCN
(from 29 Dec 1963) (chairman)
13 Oct 1963 - 4 Nov 1963 Juan Casasnovas Garrido
PRD
(provisional; in dissidence)
25 Apr 1965 (hours) Revolutionary
Committee
- Vinicio Fernández Pérez
- Giovanni Gutiérrez Ramírez
- Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó
(b. 1932 - d. 1973) Mil
- Eladio Ramírez Sánchez
- Pedro Bartolomé Benoît
(b. 1921)
Mil
Vanderhorst
25 Apr 1965 - 27 Apr 1965 José Rafael Molina Ureña
(b. 1921 - d. 2000) PRD
(provisional)
1 May 1965 - 7 May 1965 Pedro Bartolomé
Benoit Vanderhorst (s.a.)
Mil
(chairman military junta)
7 May 1965 - 30 Aug 1965 Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera
(s.a.)
Mil
4 May 1965 - 3 Sep 1965 Francisco Alberto Caamaño
Deñó (s.a.)
Mil
(in dissidence)
3 Sep 1965 - 1 Jul 1966 Héctor Federico
García Godoy (b. 1921 - d. 1970)
PRSC
Cáceres (provisional)
1 Jul 1966 - 16 Aug 1978 Joaquín Antonio Balaguer
Ricardo (s.a.)
PRSC
(2nd time)
16 Aug 1978 - 4 Jul 1982 Silvestre Antonio Guzmán
Fernández (b. 1911 - d. 1982) PRD
4 Jul 1982 - 16 Aug 1982 Jacobo Majluta Azar
(b. 1934 - d. 1996) PRD
16 Aug 1982 - 16 Aug 1986 José Salvador Omar Jorge
Blanco (b. 1926)
PRD
16 Aug 1986 - 16 Aug 1996 Joaquín Antonio Balaguer
Ricardo (s.a.)
PRSC
(3rd time)
16 Aug 1996 - 16 Aug 2000 Leonel Antonio Fernández
Reyna (b. 1953)
PLD
(1st time)
16 Aug 2000 - 16 Aug 2004 Rafael Hipólito Mejía
Domínqez (b. 1941)
PRD
16 Aug 2004 -
Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna
(s.a.)
PLD
(2nd time)
U.S. High Commissioner
Sep 1922 - 1924
Benjamin Sumner Welles
(b. 1892 - d. 1961)
Commander of U.S. Land Forces (from 28 May 1965, Commander U.S. Forces and
Deputy Commander Inter-American Peace Force)
1 May 1965 - Jan 1966 Bruce Palmer,
Jr.
(b. 1913 - d. 2000)
Commanders of the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF)
23 May 1965 - 28 May 1965 Bruce Palmer, Jr. (U.S.)(acting) (s.a.)
28 May 1965 - Jan 1966 Hugo Panasco Alvim
(Brazil) (b. 1901 - d. 1978)
Jan 1966 - 21 Sep 1966 Álvaro Alves da Silva Braga (b. 1906 - d. 1971)
(Brazil)
Terriorial Disputes: Haitian migrants cross the porous
border into the Dominican Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the
Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find
better work
Party abbreviations: PLD = Partido Liberación de la
Dominicano (Dominican Liberation Party, progressive centrist); PRD
= Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (Dominican Revolutionary Party, social-democratic);
PRSC
= Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (Social Christian Reformist Party,
conservative [to 1985 as Reformist Party or PR]); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: Con = Conservative; Hor
= Horacistas (suporters of conservative Horacio Vásquez Lajara,
1899-1916); Jim = Jimenistas (supporters of liberal Juan Jimenes
Pereira, 1899-1916); Lib = Liberal; MPD = Movimiento Popular
Dominicano (Dominican Popular Movement);
PA = Partido Azule ("Blue" Party, liberal, urban, later
becomes Partido Nacional Liberal and Partido Nacional); PD = Partido
Dominicano (Dominican Party, authoritarian, Trujillo personalist); PNG
= Partido Nacional Progressista (National Progressive Party); PR
= Partido Rojo ("Red" Party, conservative, rural); Rep = Partido
Republicano (Republican Party);
Res = Restaurador (Restoration, opponents of Spanish rule);
Tri
= Trinitario (Trinitarin, conservative, supporter of pro-independence secret
society 'La Trinitaria', 1838-1858);
Ver = Partido Verde ("Green" party, Unionist, union between
PA and PR)
©2000 Ben Cahoon