{"id":2647,"date":"2009-01-02T05:52:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T01:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:18:50","slug":"jefes-de-estado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/republica-dominicana\/sistema-de-gobierno\/jefes-de-estado\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads of State"},"content":{"rendered":"

1840
\n<\/b>Pedro Santana<\/a>: (1844-1848)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State: 1848
\nManuel Jimenez<\/a>: (1848-1849)
\nPedro Santana: 1849
\nBuenaventuraB\u00e1ez<\/a>: (1849-1853)<\/p>\n

1850
\n<\/b>Pedro Santana<\/a>\u202f: (1844-1853)
\nManuel de\u00a0Regla\u00a0Mota<\/a>: 1856
\nBuenaventura\u00a0B\u00e1ez<\/a>: (1856-1857)
\nPedro Santana<\/a>\u202f:(1853-1857)
\nJos\u00e9\u00a0Desiderio\u00a0Valverde<\/a>: (1857-1858)
\nPedro Santana<\/a>: (1858-1861)<\/p>\n

1860
\n<\/b>Pedro Santana<\/a>: 1861-1862)
\nFelipe Rimero y\u00a0Lemotne: (1862-1863)
\nCarlos de Vargas y Cerveto: (1863-1864)
\nJos\u00e9 de la G\u00e1ndara y Navarro: (1864-1865)
\nPedro Antonio Pimentel<\/a>: 1865
\nJos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral<\/a>: 1865
\nPedro Guillermo: 1865
\nBuenaventuraB\u00e1ez<\/a>: (1865-1866)
\nTriunvirato de 1866: 1866
\nJos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral<\/a>: (1866-1868)
\nManuel C\u00e1ceres: 1868
\nBuenaventura B\u00e1ez<\/a>: (1868-1873)<\/p>\n

1870
\n<\/b>Ignacio Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>: (1873-1874,1874-1876)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State: 1876
\nUl\u00edses\u00a0Francisco\u00a0Espaillat<\/a>: 1876
\nIgnacio Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>: 1876
\nMarcos Antonio Cabral<\/a>: 1876
\nBuenaventura\u00a0B\u00e1ez<\/a>: (1876-1878)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a01878
\nIgnacio Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>: 1878
\nCes\u00e1reo\u00a0Guillermo<\/a>: 1878
\nIgnacio Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>: 1878
\nUl\u00edses\u00a0Heureaux<\/a>\u00a0y\u00a0Ces\u00e1reo\u00a0Guillermo: 1878
\nJacinto de Castro<\/a>: 1878
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a0(1878-1879)
\nCes\u00e1reo\u00a0Guillermo<\/a>: 1879
\nGregorio\u00a0Luper\u00f3n<\/a>: (1879-1880)<\/p>\n

1880
\n<\/b>Fernando Arturo de\u00a0Meri\u00f1o<\/a>: (1880-1882)
\nUl\u00edses\u00a0Heureaux<\/a>: (1882-1884)
\nFrancisco Gregorio\u00a0Billini<\/a>: (1884-1885)
\nAlejandro\u00a0Woss\u00a0y Gil<\/a>: (1885-1887)
\nUl\u00edses\u00a0Heureaux<\/a>: (1887-1889, 1889-1893)<\/p>\n

1890
\n<\/b>Ul\u00edses\u00a0Heureaux<\/a>: (1889-1893),(1893-1897)\u00a0<\/span>y (1897-1899)
\nWenceslao\u00a0Figuereo<\/a>: 1899
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a01899
\nHoracio\u00a0V\u00e1squez<\/a>: 1899
\nJunta Popular: 1899
\nJuan Isidro<\/a>\u00a0Jimenez:(1899-1902)<\/p>\n

1900
\n<\/b>Juan Isidro Jimenez<\/a>: (1899-1902)
\nHoracio\u00a0V\u00e1sques<\/a>: (1902-1903)
\nAlejandro\u00a0Woss\u00a0y Gil<\/a>: 1903
\nCarlos Felipe Morales\u00a0Languasco<\/a>: (1903-1905)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a01905
\nRam\u00f3n\u00a0C\u00e1ceres<\/a>: (1905-1911)<\/p>\n

1910
\n<\/b>Ram\u00f3n\u00a0C\u00e1ceres<\/a>: (1905-1911)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a01911
\nEladio\u00a0Victoria<\/a>: (1911-1912)
\nAdolfo Alejandro\u00a0Nouel<\/a>: (1912-1913)
\nJos\u00e9\u00a0Bordas\u00a0Valdez: (1913-1914)
\nRam\u00f3n\u00a0B\u00e1ez: 1914
\nJuan Isidro Jim\u00e9nez<\/a>: (1914-1916)
\nCounsel of the Secretaries of State:\u00a01916
\nFrancisco\u00a0Henr\u00edquez\u00a0y Carvajal: 1916
\nFirst North American Military Occupation: (1916-1924)<\/p>\n

1920
\n<\/b>First North American Military Occupation: (1916-1924)
\nHoracio\u00a0V\u00e1squez<\/a>: (1924-1930)<\/p>\n

1930
\n<\/b>Rafael Estrella\u00a0Ure\u00f1a<\/a>: 1930
\nJacinto\u00a0Bienvenido\u00a0Peynado<\/a>: 1930
\nRafael\u00a0Le\u00f3nidas\u00a0Trujillo Molina:<\/a>\u00a0(1930-1934,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>1934-1938)
\nJacinto\u00a0Bienvenido\u00a0Peynado<\/a>: (1938-1940)<\/p>\n

1940
\n<\/b>Manuel de Jes\u00fasTroncoso\u00a0de la Concha<\/a>: (1940-1942)
\nRafaelLe\u00f3nidas\u00a0Trujillo Molina<\/a>: (1942,1942-1947,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>1947-1951)<\/p>\n

1950
\n<\/b>Rafael\u00a0Le\u00f3nidas\u00a0Trujillo Molina<\/a>: (1947-1951)
\nH\u00e9ctor\u00a0Bienvenido\u00a0Trujillo Molina<\/a>: (1952-1960)<\/p>\n

1960
\n<\/b>Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer Molina<\/a>: (1960-1961)
\nConsejode Estado Molina: 1962
\nJuntaC\u00edvico-Militar: 1962<\/p>\n

Counsel of State: (1962-1963)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Rafael F.\u00a0<\/b>Bonnelly<\/b>\u00a0Founder<\/b>\u00a0(1904-1979),\u00a0lawyer, diplomat and politician. Assumed the Presidency of the Republic and the Council of State from\u00a01962-63.\u00a0His most relevant work was to organize the first free elections in over 30 years. Professor\u00a0Juan Bosch\u00a0won the election by a wide margin.<\/p>\n

Juan Bosch<\/a>: 1963
\nProvisional Junta of Government: 1963
\nTriumvirate of1963: (1963-1965)
\nRevolutionary Military Command: 1965
\nJos\u00e9 Rafael MolinaUre\u00f1a<\/a>: 1965
\nMilitary Junta: 1965
\nFrancisco AlbertoCaama\u00f1o\u00a0De\u00f1<\/a>o: 1965
\nAntonioImbertBarreras: 1965
\nH\u00e9ctor Garc\u00eda Godoy<\/a>: (1965-1966)
\nJoaqu\u00edn Balaguer<\/a>: (1966-1970)<\/p>\n

1970
\n<\/b>Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer<\/a>: (1966-1970),\u00a0<\/span>1970-1974, 1974-1978)
\nSilvestre Antonio Guzm\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span>(1978-1982)<\/p>\n

1980
\n<\/b>Silvestre Antonio Guzm\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span>(1978-1982)
\nJacobo\u00a0Majluta<\/a>: (1982)
\nSalvador Jorge Blanco<\/a>: (1982-1986)
\nJoaqu\u00edn Balaguer<\/a>: (1986-1990)<\/p>\n

1990
\n<\/b>Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer<\/a>: (1990-1994,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>1994-1996)
\nLeonel Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Reyna<\/a>: (1996-2000)<\/p>\n

2000
\n<\/b>Rafael\u00a0Hip\u00f3lito\u00a0Mej\u00eda\u00a0Dominguez<\/a>: (2000-2004)
\nLeonel Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Reyna:<\/a>\u00a0(2004-2008)(2008-2012)<\/p>\n

2010
\n<\/b>Leonel Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Reyna:<\/a>\u00a0(2008-2012)
\nDanilo Medina S\u00e1nchez:\u00a0(2012-2016)<\/p>\n

Danilo Medina:<\/b><\/p>\n

Danilo Medina was born on November 10, 1951 in the rural community of Arroyo Cano, in the San Juan de la\u00a0Maguana\u00a0province, of the Dominican Republic. He is the oldest of eight siblings, children of Juan Pablo Medina and Amelia S\u00e1nchez (deceased), two small landowners from that region.<\/p>\n

In 1987 Medina married\u00a0phycologist\u00a0C\u00e1ndida\u00a0Montilla\u00a0de Medina,\u00a0with whom he had three children: Candy\u00a0Sibely,\u00a0graduate of\u00a0Pontificia\u00a0Universidad\u00a0Cat\u00f3lica\u00a0Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)\u00a0in the Dominican Republic, with a Mater\u2019s in Finance from the University of\u00a0Rocheste, United States (currently completing another Master\u2019s in Development Finance at the University of\u00a0Mancheste, England);\u00a0Vanessa Daniela,\u00a0a graduate of Law from PUCMM,\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0who is pursuing a Master\u2019s in Environmental Law from the\u00a0Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Ana Paula, the youngest of the three, who studies medicine in the\u00a0Universidad\u00a0Iberoamericana\u00a0(UNIBE) in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

His family-oriented background, humble beginnings and great politicization that existed in his native San Juan enabled him to develop\u00a0acute social sensitivity and a commitment to the profound change of material conditions affecting his Community and his own family.<\/p>\n

From his first years, his receptive, dedicated and disciplined qualities as a student reflected his academic ability in the public school\u00a0\u201cFrancisco del Rosario S\u00e1nchez\u201d,\u00a0conditions that enabled him to graduate with a bachelor\u2019s in Business Science, with\u00a0the honor of \u201cBest Student\u201d in the\u00a0Liceo\u00a0\u201cPedro\u00a0Henr\u00edquez\u00a0Ure\u00f1a\u201d, in\u00a0San Juan de la\u00a0Maguana,\u00a0obtaining the highest grades in his class.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0his formative trajectory, he continued at an upper level with chemical engineering students from the\u00a0Universidad\u00a0Aut\u00f3noma\u00a0de Santo Domingo (UASD), and those studying Economics at the\u00a0Instituto\u00a0Tecnol\u00f3gico\u00a0de Santo Domingo (INTEC),\u00a0where he also graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude) in\u00a01984.<\/p>\n

Medina\u2019s political career began in the Dominican Liberation Party (Partido\u00a0de la\u00a0Liberaci\u00f3n\u00a0Dominicana; PLD) in 1973, alongside his classmates from the\u00a0Frente\u00a0Universitario\u00a0Socialista\u00a0Democr\u00e1tico\u00a0(FUSD),\u00a0supporting\u00a0professor\u00a0Juan Bosch and his project to create the PLD; participating actively in the creation of the\u00a0Frente\u00a0Estudiantil\u00a0de\u00a0Liberaci\u00f3n\u00a0(FEL) ion\u00a01974,\u00a0the new organization that would promote the political orientations of\u00a0Bosch;\u00a0serving in multiple positions in that political entity: vice secretary; member of the Central Committee and Political Committee, fruits of recognition for his dedication, work and performance.<\/p>\n

He has headed different agencies of the State; serving as elected deputy of the National Congress in 1986, 1990 and\u00a01994;\u00a0and\u00a0spokesperson\u00a0for the deputies of the PLD during the period 1990-1994, and president of the Comisi\u00f3n de Asuntos Sociales y Provisionales del Parlamento Latinoamericano (PARLATINO).<\/p>\n

He was president of the Chamber of\u00a0Deputies\u00a0during the Congress of 1994 and occupied the position of Chief of Staff on two\u00a0occasions\u00a0(1996-2000, 2004-2006),\u00a0coordinating the actions of the governmental\u00a0agencies, the functioning of the public administration, autonomous institutions and the decentralized entities of the State.<\/p>\n

He was head of the 1994 presidential campaign for the PLD, the last of which professor Juan Bosch participated in as a presidential candidate in the Dominican Republic, and later served in the same position during the elections of 1996, in which Doctor Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Reyna and the PLD were victorious.<\/p>\n

In 2000, the rules of the PLD chose him as a presidential candidate; and in the elections of 2004 he served as the director and advisor of strategy for the campaign of Dr. Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez,\u00a0who was elected as president for the term\u00a02004-2008.<\/p>\n

On June 26, 2011, he was declared winner of the PLD primaries,\u00a0beating out his party mates\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Tom\u00e1s P\u00e9rez, Francisco Dom\u00ednguez Brito and\u00a0Radham\u00e9s\u00a0Segura.\u00a0He traveled the whole country, presenting his proposals and explaining what his actions would be to create a country with less poverty and more well-being; and announcing on November 27, 2011 that the then first lady,\u00a0Margarita\u00a0Cede\u00f1o\u00a0de Fern\u00e1ndez, would be his running mate and vice presidential candidate of the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

Danilo Medina\u00a0was elected constitutional president of the Dominican Republic n May 20, 2012, receiving 2,323,463 votes, equivalent 51.21 percent of the total;\u00a0assuming\u00a0the highest office of the country on August 16, 2012 with the presence of\u00a0mroe\u00a0than fourteen leaders and representatives from more than 70 countries.<\/p>\n

Did you know<\/b>?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>The Heads of State of the Dominican Republic utilize the Dominican Republic\u2019s Presidential portal to inform society about his or her\u00a0initiatives\u00a0and activities during their mandates:\u00a0http:\/\/presidencia.gob.do<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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1840 Pedro Santana: (1844-1848) Counsel of the Secretaries of State: 1848 Manuel Jimenez: (1848-1849) Pedro Santana: 1849 BuenaventuraB\u00e1ez: (1849-1853) 1850 Pedro Santana\u202f: (1844-1853) Manuel de\u00a0Regla\u00a0Mota: 1856 Buenaventura\u00a0B\u00e1ez: (1856-1857) Pedro Santana\u202f:(1853-1857) Jos\u00e9\u00a0Desiderio\u00a0Valverde: (1857-1858) Pedro Santana: (1858-1861) 1860 Pedro Santana: 1861-1862) Felipe Rimero y\u00a0Lemotne: (1862-1863) Carlos de Vargas y Cerveto: (1863-1864) Jos\u00e9 de la G\u00e1ndara y Navarro: … Continue reading “Heads of State”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1560,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9974,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2647\/revisions\/9974"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}