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The National Palace is the president's official workplace, the center of the administration, and a prominent symbol of the office.. Since independence in 1844, the Dominican Republic has counted 54 people in the presidential office, whether constitutional, provisional, or interim, divided into 66 periods of government.
The president of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic.The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of the republic during the Dominican War of Independence.
Pages in category "Presidents of the Dominican Republic" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the Caribbean. The native Taíno people, an Arawakan people, had inhabited the island during the pre-Columbian era, dividing it into five chiefdoms.
He was the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections. Before becoming president, Abinader was the general manager of Grupo Abicor, a business consortium started by his father, José Rafael Abinader, a former senator and finance minister. Grupo Abicor includes a ...
The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Rodolfo Abinader, who has implemented tough migration policies toward neighboring Haiti and led his nation’s transformation into an economic and ...
Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna (Pronunciation of "Leonel Fernández" ⓘ) (born 26 December 1953) is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and was the 50th and 52nd President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. From 2016 until 2020, he was the President of the EU–LAC Foundation. [1]
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy or democratic republic, [14] [4] [112] with three branches of power: executive, legislative, and judicial. The president of the Dominican Republic heads the executive branch and executes laws passed by the congress, appoints the cabinet, and is commander in chief of the armed forces. The ...