Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1844-1861 Pedro Santana: 13 November 1844 - 4 August 1848 Council of Secretaries of State: 4 August - 8 September 1848 Manuel Jimenes: 8 September 1848 - 29 May 1849 Pedro Santana (Supreme Chief of the Republic): 30 May - 23 September 1849 Buenaventura Báez: 24 September 1849 - 15 February 1853 Pedro Santana: 15 February 1853 - 26 May 1856 Manuel de Regla Mota: 26 May - 8 October 1856 Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 - 13 June 1858 José Desiderio Valverde: 13 June - 28 July 1858 Pedro Santana: 28 July 1858 - 18 March 1861 Spanish Governors-General of Santo Domingo, 1861-1865 Pedro Santana: 18 March 1861 - 20 July 1862 Felipe Ribero: 20 July 1862 - 22 October 1863 Carlos de Vargas: 22 October 1863 - 30 March 1864 José de la Gándara: 31 March 1864 - 11 July 1865 Heads of State of the Dominican Republic, 1863-1865 José Antonio Salcedo: 14 September 1863 - 10 October 1864 Gaspar Polanco: 10 October 1864 - 23 January 1865 Benigno Filomeno de Rojas: 24 January - 24 March 1865 Presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1865-present Pedro Antonio Pimentel: 25 March - 4 August 1865 José María Cabral (Protector): 4 August - 15 November 1865 Pedro Guillermo (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 15 November - 8 December 1865 Buenaventura Báez: 8 December 1865 - 29 May 1866 Triumvirate: 29 May - 22 August 1866 José María Cabral: 22 August 1866 - 31 January 1868 Manuel Altagracia Cáceres: 31 January - 13 February 1868 Junta of Generals: 13 February - 2 May 1868 Buenaventura Báez: 2 May 1868 - 2 January 1874 Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 2 - 22 January 1874 Generals-in-Chief: 22 January - 6 April 1874 Ignacio María González: 6 April 1874 - 23 February 1876 Council of Secretaries of State: 23 February - 29 April 1876 Ulises Francisco Espaillat: 29 April - 5 October 1876 Superior Governing Junta: 5 October - 11 November 1876 Ignacio María González (Supreme Chief): 11 November - 9 December 1876 Marcos Antonio Cabral (Pres. of Provisional Governing Junta: 10 - 26 December 1876 Buenaventura Báez: 26 December 1876 - 2 March 1878 Cesáreo Guillermo (President of the Central Government): 5 March - 6 July 1878 Ignacio María González: 6 July - 2 September 1878 Jacinto del Rosario de Castro (acting): 7 - 29 September 1878 Council of Secretaries of State: 30 September 1878 - 27 February 1879 Cesáreo Guillermo: 27 February - 6 December 1879 Gregorio Luperón: 6 December 1879 - 1 September 1880 Fernando Arturo de Meriño: 1 September 1880 - 1 September 1882 Ulises Heureaux: 1 September 1882 - 1 September 1884 Francisco Gregorio Billini: 1 September 1884 - 16 May 1885 Alejandro Woss y Gil: 16 May 1885 - 6 January 1887 Ulises Heureaux: 6 January 1887 - 27 February 1889 Manuel María Gautier (acting): 27 February - 30 April 1889 Ulises Heureaux: 30 April 1889 - 26 July 1899 Wenceslao Figuereo: 26 July - 30 August 1899 Horacio Vásquez (President of the Provisional Government): 4 September - 15 November 1899 Juan Isidro Jimenes: 15 November 1899 - 2 May 1902 Horacio Vásquez (Pres. of the Provisional Govt.): 26 April 1902 - 23 April 1903 Alejandro Woss y Gil: 23 April - 24 November 1903 Carlos Felipe Morales: 24 October 1903 - 12 January 1906 Ramón Cáceres: 12 January 1906 - 19 November 1911 Eladio Victoria: 5 December 1911 - 30 November 1912 Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (provisional): 1 December 1912 - 13 April 1913 José Bordas Valdés (provisional): 14 April 1913 - 27 August 1914 Ramón Báez (provisional): 28 August - 5 December 1914 Juan Isidro Jimenes: 5 December 1914 - 7 May 1916 Council of Secretaries of State: 7 May - 31 July 1916 Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal: 31 July - 29 November 1916 American Governors: Harry Shepard Knapp: 29 November 1916 - 18 November 1918 Ben Hebard Fuller: 18 November 1918 - 25 February 1919 Thomas Snowden: 25 February 1919 - 3 June 1921 Samuel Robison: 3 June 1921 - 21 October 1922 Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos (provisional): 21 October 1922 - 12 July 1924 Horacio Vásquez: 12 July 1924 - 3 March 1930 Rafael Estrella Ureña (acting): 3 March - 16 August 1930 Rafael Trujillo: 16 August 1930 - 16 August 1938 Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado: 16 August 1938 - 7 March 1940 Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha: 7 March 1940 - 18 May 1942 Rafael Trujillo: 18 May 1942 - 16 August 1952 Héctor Trujillo: 16 August 1952 - 3 August 1960 Joaquín Balaguer: 3 August 1960 - 16 January 1962 Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly: 18 January 1962 - 27 February 1963 Juan Bosch: 27 February - 25 September 1963 Trimumvirate: 26 September 1963 - 25 April 1965 Antonio Imbert Barrera: 7 May - 30 August 1965 Héctor García Godoy (provisional): 3 September 1965 - 1 July 1966 Joaquín Balaguer: 1 July 1966 - 16 August 1978 Antonio Guzmán Fernández: 16 August 1978 - 4 July 1982 Jacobo Majluta Azar: 4 July - 16 August 1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco: 16 August 1982 - 16 August 1986 Joaquín Balaguer: 16 August 1986 - 16 August 1996 Leonel Fernández Reyna: 16 August 1996 - 16 August 2000 Hipólito Mejía: 16 August 2000 -
