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Vice President of the Dominican Republic

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FieldValue
postVice President
bodythe Dominican Republic
native_nameVicepresidenta de la República Dominicana
insigniaCoat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg
insigniasize125px
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of the Dominican Republic
flagcaptionFlag of the Dominican Republic
styleHis/Her Excellency Mr./Madam Constitutional Vice President of the Republic
(*Excelentísimo/a Señor/a Vicepresidente/a Constitucional de la República*)
(official)
Mr./Madam Vice President
(*Señor/a Vicepresidente/a*)
(informal)
The Most Excellent/Most Excellent Lord-Lady
(*Excelentísimo/a Señor/a*)
(diplomatic)
residencePalacio Nacional (government office)
seatSanto Domingo, Distrito Nacional
appointer[Universal suffrage election](2020-dominican-republic-general-election)
termlengthFour years, with one re-election allowed
image20250524 Quito posesion del presidente Daniel Noboa-Ovidio González2497 (cropped).jpg
imagesize200px
incumbentRaquel Peña
incumbentsince16 August 2020
formation7 July 1857
inauguralBenigno Filomeno de Rojas
website
constituting_instrumentConstitution of the Dominican Republic
departmentExecutive branch of the Government of the Dominican Republic
salaryRD$400,000
(monthly)

(Excelentísimo/a Señor/a Vicepresidente/a Constitucional de la República) (official) Mr./Madam Vice President (Señor/a Vicepresidente/a) (informal) The Most Excellent/Most Excellent Lord-Lady (Excelentísimo/a Señor/a) (diplomatic) (monthly)

The vice president of the Dominican Republic () is the second-highest political position in the Dominican Republic. The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession, ascending to the presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. There have been thirty-nine vice presidents of the Dominican Republic. Under the Constitution of the Dominican Republic, the vice president shall be elected along with the president.

Since the independence of the Dominican Republic in 1844 until 1865, what is considered the First Republic, there were no constitutional vice presidents. Yet, during that time there were acting vice presidents; this was under the rule of Pedro Santana.

History

After the inception of the Dominican Republic, the country was run by a Central Governing Junta led by Pedro Santana. As such, there was no need for a vice president at the time. Yet, it is believed that the first vice president of the republic was Felipe Benicio Alfau Bustamante, who was elected as acting vice president by Pedro Santana. This was spurred because Santana was invited to go abroad yet the republic had to be seen to in his absence.

The Constitution of the Dominican Republic has been amended many times, and in some instances the office of the vice president had been eliminated to later be recreated. In times when the office was eliminated, if the president was leaving the country, an acting president was designated, therefore creating the post of a second in command. For example the 30th president of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Felipe Morales, elected Ramón Cáceres to be his vice president from 1903 until 1905. Then from 1905 to 1911, the previous vice president, Ramón Cáceres is elected as president and the office of the vice president is eliminated during that time span.

Also during the 31 year dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, the office of the vice president was eliminated or vacated on several occasions.

Since 1966, which is considered the beginning of the 4th Republic, the office of the vice president of the Dominican Republic has been a permanent post. Also, the vice president has to be elected along with the president, not appointed by the latter.

List of vice presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1844–1861

PictureNameBegan officeLeft officePresident
Felipe Benicio Alfau Bustamante18531853Pedro Santana
[[File:Manueldereglamosa.gif50px]]Manuel de Regla Mota15 February 185426 May 1856
Antonio Abad Alfau Bustamante18561856Manuel de Regla Mota
[[File:Buenaventura Baéz.gif50px]]Buenaventura Báez6 October 18568 October 1856Manuel de Regla Mota
Domingo Daniel Pichardo Pró18571858Buenaventura Báez
[[File:Benigni Filomeno de Rojas.jpg50px]]Benigno Filomeno de Rojas18581861Pedro Santana

Annexation by Spain 1861–1865 and Dominican Restoration War 1863–1865

PictureNameBegan officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Ramon Matias Mella.jpg50px]]Matías Ramón Mella18631864José Antonio Salcedo
[[File:Ulises espaillat.jpg50px]]Ulises Francisco Espaillat18641864José Antonio Salcedo

List of vice presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1865–1924

PictureNameBegan officeLeft officePresident
[[File:GregorioLuperon.jpg50px]]Gregorio Luperón24 January 186524 March 1865Benigno Filomeno de Rojas
[[File:Benigni Filomeno de Rojas.jpg50px]]Benigno Filomeno de Rojas24 March 18654 August 1865Pedro Antonio Pimentel
Francisco Antonio Gómez y Báez18651866Buenaventura Báez
[[File:Manuel Altagracia Cáceres.jpg50px]]Manuel Altagracia Cáceres18681871Buenaventura Báez
Juan Isidro Ortea y Kennedy18711874Buenaventura Báez
[[File:Francisco Billini.jpg50px]]Francisco Gregorio Billini5 March 18788 July 1878Cesareo Guillermo
Casimiro Nemesio de Moya18821884Ulises Heureaux
[[File:Woss y gil.jpg50px]]Alejandro Woss y Gil18841885Francisco Gregorio Billini
Segundo Francisco Imbert del Monte18871889Ulises Heureaux
Manuel María Gautier18891893Ulises Heureaux
[[File:Wenceslao Figuereo.jpg50px]]Wenceslao Figuereo189326 July 1899Ulises Heureaux
[[File:Horacio Vasquez.jpg50px]]Horacio Vásquez15 November 18992 May 1902Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra
Eugenio Deschamps PeñaMarch 1903November 1903Alejandro Woss y Gil
[[File:Ramon Caceres.jpg50px]]Ramón Cáceres24 November 190329 December 1905Carlos Felipe Morales
Abolished (29 December 1905 – 12 July 1924)

List of vice presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1924–1965

PictureNameBegan officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Vicepresidente Velásquez.jpg50px]]Federico Velázquez12 July 192416 August 1928Horacio Vásquez
José Dolores Alfonseca16 August 19283 March 1930Horacio Vásquez
Vacant (3 March 1930 – 16 August 1930)
[[File:Rafael Estrella Urena Great Grandfather.jpg50px]]Rafael Estrella Ureña16 August 1930December 1931Rafael Trujillo
Vacant (December 1931 – 16 August 1934)
[[File:Presidente D. Jacinto Peynado (cropped).jpg50px]]Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado16 August 193416 August 1938Rafael Trujillo
[[File:Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha (cropped).jpg50px]]Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha16 August 193824 February 1940Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado
Vacant (7 March 1940 – 18 May 1942; The Minister of the Armed Force was third in line)
Position abolished (18 May 1942 – 16 August 1957)
[[File:Balaguer en 1960.jpg50px]]Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo16 August 19573 August 1960Héctor Trujillo
[[File:Rafael F.Bonnelly.jpg50px]]Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly3 August 196018 January 1962Joaquín Balaguer
Eduardo Read Barreras18 January 19621962Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
Nicolás Pichardo196227 February 1963
Armando González Tamayo27 February 196325 September 1963Juan Bosch
None (Triumvirate) (26 September 1963 – 25 April 1965; chaired from December 29, 1963 by
Donald Reid Cabral)
Vacant (May 1965 – 3 September 1965)
Manuel Joaquín Castillo3 September 19651 July 1966Héctor García-Godoy

List of vice presidents of the Dominican Republic, 1966–present

PictureNameBegan officeLeft officePresident
Francisco Augusto Lora1 July 196616 August 1970Joaquín Balaguer
Carlos Rafael Goico Morales16 August 197016 August 1978
[[File:Jacobo Majluta Azar.JPG50px]]Jacobo Majluta Azar16 August 19784 July 1982Antonio Guzmán Fernández
Vacant (4 July 1982 – 16 August 1982)
Manuel Fernández Mármol16 August 198220 January 1983Salvador Jorge Blanco
Vacant (20 January 1983 – 16 August 1986)
[[File:Carlos Morales Troncoso minister.jpg50px]]Carlos Morales Troncoso16 August 198616 August 1994Joaquín Balaguer
Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa16 August 199416 August 1996
[[File:Jaime David en 1996.jpeg50px]]Jaime David Fernández Mirabal16 August 199616 August 2000Leonel Fernández
[[File:Milagros Ortiz.jpg50px]]Milagros Ortiz Bosch16 August 200016 August 2004Hipólito Mejía
[[File:Rafael Alburquerque (cropped).jpg50px]]Rafael Alburquerque16 August 200416 August 2012Leonel Fernández
[[File:Margarita Cedeño en 2011.jpg50px]]Margarita Cedeño de Fernández16 August 201216 August 2020Danilo Medina
[[File:20250524 Quito posesion del presidente Daniel Noboa-Ovidio González2497 (cropped).jpg50px]]Raquel Peña de Antuña16 August 2020IncumbentLuis Abinader

References and Notes

References

  1. "Heads of State, Heads of Government & Ministers for Foreign Affairs". Protocol and Liaison Service. [[United Nations]].
  2. (4 October 2015). "Vicepresidentes de la RD que han alcanzado la presidencia".
  3. Roorda, Eric Paul. (28 April 2016). "Historical Dictionary of the Dominican Republic". Rowman & Littlefield.
  4. Herrera, José Rafael Laine. (25 October 2016). "Colosal guerra dominico-española 1863-65". Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España.
  5. Resigned from the office
  6. Resigned from the office for differences with President [[Rafael Trujillo]]
  7. Assumed the presidency after the death of President [[Jacinto Peynado. Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado]]
  8. Assumed the presidency after the suicide of President [[Antonio Guzmán Fernández]]
  9. Died in office
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