List of presidents of the Dominican Republic: Difference between revisions

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(Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Political
party Notes Took office Left office Time in office Pedro Antonio Pimentel
(1830–1874) — 11 July 1865 4 August 1865 24 days — Ousted from office by a coup d’état. José María Cabral
(1816–1899) — 4 August 1865 15 November 1865 103 days Blue Cabral was proclaimed “Protector of the Republic” until the election of a new president by the National Convention. Pedro Guillermo
(1814–1867) — 15 November 1865 8 December 1865 23 days — Guillermo was appointed as Interim President until the arrival to the Dominican Republic of Buenaventura Báez, who was exiled in Curaçao. Buenaventura Báez
(1812–1884) 1865 8 December 1865 29 May 1866 172 days Red Ousted from office by a coup d’état.


Triumvirate — 29 May 1866 22 August 1866 85 days — Members: Pedro Antonio Pimentel, Gregorio Luperón, Federico de Jesús García.
The Electoral College system was abolished and replaced by universal direct suffrage. José María Cabral
(1816–1899) — 22 August 1866 29 September 1866 1 year, 162 days Blue Interim president. 1866 29 September 1866 31 January 1868 Cabral was the first Dominican president elected by universal direct suffrage. Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Manuel Altagracia Cáceres
(1838–1878) — 31 January 1868 13 February 1868 13 days — Junta of Generals — 13 February 1868 2 May 1868 79 days — Members: José Antonio Hungría, Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez, José Ramón Luciano y Franco. Buenaventura Báez
(1812–1884) 1868 2 May 1868 2 January 1874 5 years, 245 days Red Ousted from office by defeat in the Six Years’ War. Ignacio María González
(1838–1915) — 25 November 1873 21 January 1874 57 days Green Supreme chief.
Ignacio María González
(1838–1915)

Manuel Altagracia Cáceres
(1838–1878)

— 21 January 1874 5 February 1874 15 days — Generals in charge of the Supreme Power of the Nation. Ignacio María González
(1838–1915) 1874 5 February 1874 23 February 1876 2 years, 18 days Green Resigned. Council of Secretaries of State — 23 February 1876 29 April 1876 66 days — Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Pedro Pablo de Bonilla y Correa-Cruzado, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva (until 7 March 1876), Jacinto Peynado y Tejón (since 7 March 1876). Ulises Francisco Espaillat
(1823–1878) 1876 29 April 1876 5 October 1876 159 days Blue Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Superior Governing Junta — 5 October 1876 11 November 1876 37 days — Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva, José Caminero Matías, Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta, Juan Esteban Ariza Matos. Ignacio María González
(1838–1915) — 11 November 1876 9 December 1876 28 days Green Resigned. Marcos Antonio Cabral
(1842–1903) — 10 December 1876 26 December 1876 16 days — President of the Provisional Government Junta. Buenaventura Báez
(1812–1884) — 27 December 1876 2 March 1878 1 year, 65 days Red Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Ignacio María González
(1838–1915) — 1 March 1878 3 May 1878 63 days Green President of the Provisional Government of the National Movement. Council of Secretaries of State — 2 March 1878 5 March 1878 3 days — Members: José María Cabral, Joaquín Montolío. Cesáreo Guillermo
(1847–1885) — 5 March 1878 6 July 1878 123 days Red Interim president. Ignacio María González
(1838–1915) 1878 6 July 1878 2 September 1878 58 days Green Ousted from office by a coup d’état.

Superior Leaders of the Revolutionary Movement — 2 September 1878 6 September 1878 4 days — Members: Ulises Heureaux, Cesáreo Guillermo. Jacinto de Castro
(1811–1896) — 7 September 1878 29 September 1878 22 days — President of the Supreme Court of Justice. Resigned.


Council of Secretaries of State — 30 September 1878 27 February 1879 150 days — Members: Cesáreo Guillermo, Alejandro Angulo Guridi, Pedro María Aristy. Cesáreo Guillermo
(1847–1885) 1879 27 February 1879 6 December 1879 282 days Red Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Gregorio Luperón
(1839–1897) — 6 October 1879 1 September 1880 331 days Blue Fernando Arturo de Meriño
(1833–1906) 1880 1 September 1880 1 September 1882 2 years Blue Ulises Heureaux
(1845–1899) 1882 1 September 1882 1 September 1884 2 years Blue Francisco Gregorio Billini
(1844–1898) 1884 1 September 1884 16 May 1885 257 days Blue Resigned. Alejandro Woss y Gil
(1856–1932) — 16 May 1885 6 January 1887 1 year, 235 days Blue Vice-president under Francisco Gregorio Billini, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Ulises Heureaux
(1845–1899) 1886 6 January 1887 27 February 1889 12 years, 201 days Blue 1888 27 February 1889 27 February 1893 1892 27 February 1893 27 February 1897 1896 27 February 1897 26 July 1899 Assassinated. Wenceslao Figuereo
(1834–1910) — 26 July 1899 30 August 1899 35 days Blue Vice-president under Ulises Heureaux, assumed the presidency after his assassination. Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Council of Secretaries of State — 31 August 1899 0 days — Members: Tomás Demetrio Morales, Arístides Patiño, Enrique Henríquez y Alfau, Jaime R. Vidal, Braulio Álvarez. People’s Revolutionary Governing Junta — 31 August 1899 4 September 1899 4 days — Members: Mariano Cestero, Álvaro Logroño, Arístides Patiño, Pedro María Mejía. Horacio Vásquez
(1860–1936) — 4 September 1899 15 November 1899 72 days Red Interim president. Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
(1846–1919) 1899 15 November 1899 2 May 1902 2 years, 168 days Blue Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Horacio Vásquez
(1860–1936) — 26 April 1902 23 April 1903 362 days Red Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Alejandro Woss y Gil
(1856–1932) — 23 March 1903 1 August 1903 246 days Blue Interim president. 1903 1 August 1903 24 November 1903 Ousted from office by a coup d’état. Carlos Felipe Morales
(1868–1914) — 24 November 1903 17 June 1904 2 years, 30 days Red Interim president. 1904 17 June 1904 24 December 1905 Resigned. Council of Secretaries of State — 24 December 1905 29 December 1905 5 days — Members: Manuel Lamarche García, Emiliano Tejera, Andrés Julio Montolío, Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara, Carlos Ginebra, Eladio Victoria, Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Ramón Cáceres
(1866–1911) — 29 December 1905 1 July 1908 5 years, 325 days Red Vice-president under Carlos Felipe Morales, assumed the presidency after his resignation. 1908 1 July 1908 19 November 1911 Assassinated at the start of the 1911–1912 Civil War. Council of Secretaries of State — 19 November 1911 5 December 1911 16 days — Members: Miguel Antonio Román, José María Cabral. Eladio Victoria
(1864–1939) — 5 December 1911 27 February 1912 361 days — Interim president appointed by the Congress. 1912 27 February 1912 30 November 1912 Resigned at the end of the 1911–1912 Civil War. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel
(1862–1937) — 1 December 1912 13 April 1913 133 days — Archbishop of Santo Domingo, interim president appointed by the Congress. Resigned. José Bordas Valdez
(1874–1968) — 14 April 1913 15 June 1914 1 year, 134 days — Interim president appointed by the Congress. June
1914 15 June 1914 27 August 1914 Resigned at the end of the 1914 Civil War. Ramón Báez
(1858–1929) — 28 August 1914 5 December 1914 99 days — Interim president. Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
(1846–1919) Oct.
1914 6 December 1914 4 May 1916 1 year, 150 days Blue

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