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Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (29 June 1801 – 14 June 1864) was a military commander and royalist politician who served as the president of the junta that had established the First Dominican Republic, a precursor to the position of the President of the Dominican Republic, and as the first President of the republic in the modern line of succession.
Pedro Santana Lopes was born in Campo Grande, Lisbon, to Aníbal Luís Lopes (b. Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 17 February 1933), a company administrator whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was a relative of João Brandão, [ 1 ] and wife (m.
Pedro Santana Lopes: PSD: 17 July 2004 12 March 2005 Minister of State, Economic Activities and Labour Álvaro Barreto: PSD 17 July 2004 12 March 2005 Minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs Paulo Portas: CDS–PP: 17 July 2004 12 March 2005 Minister of State and Presidency Nuno Morais Sarmento PSD 17 July 2004 12 March 2005
The Reintegration of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Reintegración de Santo Domingo) was a brief period of Spanish reintegration of the Dominican Republic.In 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to Queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty.
In July 1844, General Pedro Santana, after a streak of successive victories in the southern part of the country, appeared with his army in Santo Domingo and was proclaimed President of the Junta Central Government. [3] The following month, Santana sent the nation's Founding Fathers into exile.
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.
Replaced Pedro Santana Lopes as PSD candidate and won 2005 local election. Removed from office following an investigation being conducted into allegations of corruption surrounding himself and his cabinet. Disputed the mid-term election on 15 July 2007 without any party's support, but lost. 75: Marina Ferreira (1959–) 18 May 2007 31 July 2007
General Pedro Santana had wrested the presidency from Buenaventura Báez, who had bankrupted the nation's treasury at great profit to himself.Faced with an economic crisis as well as the possibility of renewed attack from Haiti, Santana asked Spain to retake control of the country, after a period of only 17 years of independence.