List of presidents of the Dominican Republic


Since independence in 1844, the Dominican Republic has counted 53 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional or interim, divided into 66 periods of government. Likewise, there are also those periods in which the head of the State has been exercised by collegiate bodies.

Presidents of the Dominican Republic (1844–present)

First Republic">First Republic (Dominican Republic)">First Republic (1844–1861)

Central Government Junta

The Central Government Junta was the first body of a collegiate and provisional nature to exercise the executive, legislative and judicial powers of the nascent Dominican state. It was provisionally constituted on 28 February 1844 and subsequently formalized on 1 March 1844; it went through two coups d'état, and finally dissolved with the proclamation of the first Constitution on 6 November 1844.

Presidents

Spanish annexation (1861–1865)

Dominican Restoration War (1863–1865)

Presidents of the Second Republic">Second Republic (Dominican Republic)">Second Republic (1865–1916)

United States occupation (1916–1924)

Presidents of the Third Republic">Third Republic (Dominican Republic)">Third Republic (1924–1965)

Dominican Civil War (1965)

Presidents of the Fourth Republic">History of the Dominican Republic#Fourth Republic 1966–Present">Fourth Republic (1966–present)

Foreign governors and military commanders since 1903