| President of the Dominican Republic |
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| Style | His Exellency |
| Residence | National Palace, Santo Domingo |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Pedro Santana |
| Formation | 13 July 1844 |
| Website | presidencia.gob.do |
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The President of the Dominican Republic is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic. The President of the Dominican Republic receives the treatment of His Excellency during his time in office. His official address is the National Palace. Also, the position corresponds to the highest office in the country, the highest senior government official and the prominent political figure in the nation.
The current Constitution of the Dominican Republic (last amended in 2010) establishes the requirements, rights and obligations to be met by the President of the Republic.
Currently, the office will be held for a period of four years without immediate reelection. After a constitutional term, at least, who has held the post may run again. The change of command takes place every four years, on 16 August, which is the day of the Restoration of the Republic and therefore a national holiday.
The current President of the Dominican Republic is Leonel Fernández Reyna of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) (Dominican Liberation Party), who is serving his second consecutive term since 2004 after being reelected for the period 2008–2012. He has held the presidency of the Dominican Republic on two other occasions, in the constitutional periods 1996–2000 and 2004–2008.
The next presidential elections are scheduled to take place on 20 May 2012.
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| # | Picture | Name | Began office | Left office | Title(s) |
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| 1 | Pedro Santana | 13 November 1844 | 4 August 1848 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 4 August 1848 | 8 September 1848 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Félix Mercenario Domingo de la Rocha José María Caminero Manuel Jimenes |
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| 2 | Manuel Jiménes | 8 September 1848 | 29 May 1849 | President | |
| 3 | Buenaventura Báez | 29 May 1849 | 15 February 1853 | President | |
| 4 | Pedro Santana | 15 February 1853 | 26 May 1856 | President | |
| 5 | Manuel de Regla Mota | 26 May 1856 | 8 October 1856 | President | |
| 6 | Buenaventura Báez | 8 October 1856 | 13 June 1858 | President | |
| 7 | José Desiderio Valverde | 13 June 1858 | 28 July 1858 | President | |
| 8 | Pedro Santana | 28 July 1858 | 18 March 1861 | President | |
| From 1861 until 1865, Dominican Republic was annexed by Spain. | |||||
| 9 | Pedro Antonio Pimentel | 25 March 1865 | 4 August 1865 | President | |
| José María Cabral | 4 August 1865 | 15 November 1865 | Supreme Chief | ||
| Pedro Guillermo | 15 November 1865 | 8 December 1865 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | ||
| 10 | Buenaventura Báez | 8 December 1865 | 29 May 1866 | President | |
| Triumvirate | 29 May 1866 | 22 August 1866 | Members: Pedro Antonio Pimentel Gregorio Luperón Federico de Jesús García |
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| 11 | José María Cabral | 22 August 1866 | 3 January 1868 | President | |
| 12 | Manuel Altagracia Cáceres | 3 January 1868 | 13 February 1868 | President | |
| Junta of Generals | 13 February 1868 | 2 May 1868 | Members: José Antonio Hungría Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez José Ramón Luciano y Franco |
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| 13 | Buenaventura Báez | 2 May 1868 | 2 January 1874 | President | |
| Ignacio María González | 2 January 1874 | 22 January 1874 | Supreme Chief | ||
| Generals-in-Chief | 22 January 1874 | 6 April 1874 | Members: Ignacio María González Manuel Altagracia Cáceres |
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| 14 | Ignacio María González | 6 April 1874 | 23 February 1876 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 23 February 1876 | 29 April 1876 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido José de Jesús de Castro Pedro Pablo de Bonilla Juan Bautista Zafra Pablo López Villanueva Jacinto Peynado |
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| 15 | Ulises Francisco Espaillat | 29 April 1876 | 5 October 1876 | President | |
| Superior Governing Junta | 5 October 1876 | 11 November 1876 | Members: Pablo López Villanueva José Caminero Matías Juan Esteban Ariza Matos Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos |
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| Ignacio María González | 11 November 1876 | 9 December 1876 | Supreme Chief | ||
| Marcos Antonio Cabral | 9 December 1876 | 26 December 1876 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | ||
| 16 | Buenaventura Báez | 26 December 1876 | 2 March 1878 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 2 March 1878 | 5 March 1878 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: José María Cabral Joaquín Montolío |
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| 17 | Cesareo Guillermo | 5 March 1878 | 6 July 1878 | President | |
| 18 | Ignacio María González | 6 July 1878 | 2 September 1878 | President | |
| People's Military Chiefs | 2 September 1878 | 6 September 1878 | People's Military Chiefs
Members: |
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| Jacinto de Castro | 7 September 1878 | 29 September 1878 | Acting President | ||
| Council of Secretaries of State | 30 September 1878 | 27 February 1879 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Cesáreo Guillermo Alejandro Angulo Guridi Pedro Ramón Aristy |
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| 19 | Cesáreo Guillermo | 27 February 1879 | 6 December 1879 | President | |
| 20 | Gregorio Luperón | 6 December 1879 | 1 September 1880 | President | |
| 21 | Fernando Arturo de Meriño | 1 September 1880 | 1 September 1882 | President | |
| 22 | Ulises Heureaux | 1 September 1882 | 1 September 1884 | President | |
| 23 | Francisco Gregorio Billini | 1 September 1884 | 16 May 1885 | President | |
| 24 | Alejandro Woss y Gil | 16 May 1885 | 6 January 1887 | President | |
| 25 | Ulises Heureaux | 6 January 1887 | 27 February 1889 | President | |
| Manuel María Gautier | 27 February 1889 | 30 April 1889 | Acting President | ||
| 26 | Ulises Heureaux | 30 April 1889 | 26 July 1899 | President | |
| 27 | Juan Wanceslao Figuereo | 26 July 1899 | 30 August 1899 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 30 August 1899 | 31 August 1899 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Tomás Demetrio Morales Arístides Patiño Enrique Henríquez y Alfau Jaime R. Vidal Braulio Álvarez |
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| People's Revolutionary Governing Junta | 31 August 1899 | 4 September 1899 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Mariano Cestero Álvaro Logroño Arístides Patiño Pedro María Mejía |
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| Horacio Vásquez | 4 September 1899 | 15 November 1899 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | ||
| 28 | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra | 15 November 1899 | 2 May 1902 | President | |
| Horacio Vásquez | 2 May 1902 | 23 April 1903 | President of the Provisional Government Junta | ||
| 29 | Alejandro Woss y Gil | 23 April 1903 | 24 November 1903 | President | |
| 30 | Carlos Felipe Morales | 24 November 1903 | 12 January 1906 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 25 December 1905 | 29 December 1905 | Council of Secretaries of State (acting for Morales) Members: Manuel Lamarche García Emiliano Tejera Andrés Julio Montolío Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara Carlos Ginebra Eladio Victoria Federico Velásquez y Hernández |
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| 31 | Ramón Cáceres | 12 January 1906 | 19 November 1911 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 19 November 1911 | 5 December 1911 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Miguel Antonio Román José María Cabral Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha Federico Velásquez y Hernández Manuel Lamarche García Emilio Tejera Rafael Díaz |
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| 32 | Eladio Victoria | 5 December 1911 | 30 November 1912 | President | |
| Adolfo Alejandro Nouel | 30 November 1912 | 13 April 1913 | Provisional President | ||
| José Bordas Valdés | 14 April 1913 | 27 August 1914 | Provisional President | ||
| Ramón Báez | 28 August 1914 | 5 December 1914 | Provisional President | ||
| 33 | Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra | 5 December 1914 | 7 May 1916 | President | |
| Council of Secretaries of State | 7 May 1916 | 31 July 1916 | Council of Secretaries of State Members: Jaime Mota Bernardo Pichardo José Manuel Jimenes Federico Velásquez y Hernández |
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| 34 | Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal | 31 July 1916 | 29 November 1916 | President | |
| From 1916 until 1924, Dominican Republic was occupied by the United States. | |||||
| Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos | 21 October 1922 | 12 July 1924 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| 35 | Horacio Vásquez | 12 July 1924 | 3 March 1930 | President | |
| Rafael Estrella Ureña | 3 March 1930 | 16 August 1930 | Acting President | ||
| 36 | Rafael Trujillo | 16 August 1930 | 16 August 1938 | President | |
| 37 | Jacinto Peynado | 16 August 1938 | 24 February 1940 | President | |
| 38 | Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha | 24 February 1940 | 18 May 1942 | President | |
| 39 | Rafael Trujillo | 18 May 1942 | 16 August 1960 (Assasinated) | President | |
| 40 | Héctor Trujillo | 16 August 1952 | 3 August 1960 | President | |
| 41 | Joaquín Balaguer | 3 August 1960 | 16 January 1962 | President | |
| Civic-Military Council | 16 January 1962 | 18 January 1962 | Civic-Military Council Members: Armando Óscar Pacheco Luis Amiama Tió Antonio Imbert Barrera Enrique Valdez Vidaurre Wilfredo Medina Natalio Huberto Bogaert |
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| 42 | Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly | 18 January 1962 | 27 February 1963 | President | |
| 43 | Juan Bosch | 27 February 1963 | 25 September 1963 | President | |
| Víctor Elby Viñas Román | 25 September 1963 | 26 September 1963 | Chairman of the Provisional Junta | ||
| Triumvirate | 26 September 1963 | 25 April 1965 | Members: Emilio de los Santos y Salcié (to 22 December 1963) (Chairman) Donald Reid Cabral (from 29 December 1963) (Chairman) Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat Ramón Tapia Espinal |
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| Revolutionary Committee | 25 April 1965 | 25 April 1965 | Members: Vinicio Fernández Pérez Giovanni Gutiérrez Ramírez Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó Eladio Ramírez Sánchez Pedro Bartolomé Benoit |
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| José Rafael Molina Ureña | 25 April 1965 | 27 April 1965 | Provisional President | ||
| Pedro Bartolomé Benoit | 1 May 1965 | 7 May 1965 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| 44 | Antonio Imbert Barrera | 7 May 1965 | 30 August 1965 | President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| Héctor García Godoy | 3 September 1965 | 1 July 1966 | Provisional President Note: Served under the United States occupation |
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| 45 | Joaquín Balaguer | 1 July 1966 | 16 August 1978 | President | |
| 46 | Antonio Guzmán Fernández | 16 August 1978 | 4 July 1982 | President | |
| 47 | Jacobo Majluta Azar | 4 July 1982 | 16 August 1982 | President | |
| 48 | Salvador Jorge Blanco | 16 August 1982 | 16 August 1986 | President | |
| 49 | Joaquín Balaguer | 16 August 1986 | 16 August 1996 | President | |
| 50 | Leonel Fernández | 16 August 1996 | 16 August 2000 | President | |
| 51 | Hipólito Mejía | 16 August 2000 | 16 August 2004 | President | |
| 52 | Leonel Fernández | 16 August 2004 | Incumbent | President | |
Supreme Chiefs or Protectors
Spanish Governors-General of Santo Domingo (1861–1865)
Heads of State of the Dominican Republic (1863–1865)
In rebellion (1867-1868)
Constitutional Executive Junta (in rebellion, February, 1876)
In rebellion (1878)
United States Governors of Santo Domingo (1916–1922)
In rebellion (1963)
President with Constitutionalist de jure and de facto
| Candidates – Parties | Votes | % | |
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| Leonel Fernández – Dominican Liberation Party and allies (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana y aliados) | 2,199,734 | 53.83 | |
| Miguel Vargas – Dominican Revolutionary Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano y aliados) | 1,654,066 | 40.48 | |
| Amable Aristy Castro – Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) | 187,645 | 4.59 | |
| Eduardo Estrella – Revolutionary Social Democratic Party and allies (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata y aliados) | 19,309 | 0.47 | |
| Guillermo Moreno – Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio) | 18,136 | 0.44 | |
| Pedro de Jesús Candelier – Popular Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Popular) | 6,118 | 0.15 | |
| Trajano Santana – Independent Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Independiente) | 1,533 | 0.04 | |
| Total (turnout 70.67 %) | 4,086,541 | 100.00% | |
| Source: Junta Central Electoral | |||