Third Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic Spanish: República Dominicana | |||||||||||
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| 1924–1966 | |||||||||||
| Status | Dominican territory | ||||||||||
| Capital | Santo Domingo / Ciudad Trujillo | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic (1924–1930; 1961–1966) Unitary one-party presidential republic under an authoritarian hereditary dictatorship (1930–1961) | ||||||||||
| Generalissimo | |||||||||||
• 1934–1961 | Rafael Trujillo | ||||||||||
• 1961 | Ramfis Trujillo | ||||||||||
| President (de jure) | |||||||||||
• 1930–1938 | Rafael Trujillo | ||||||||||
• 1960–1962 (last) | Joaquín Balaguer | ||||||||||
| President (de facto) | |||||||||||
• 1924–1930 (first) | Horacio Vásquez | ||||||||||
• 1966 (last) | Héctor García-Godoy | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Horacio Vásquez becomes president, Dominican self-governance reestablished | 12 July 1924 | ||||||||||
• Departure of US troops after the end of the first US occupation | 18 September 1924 | ||||||||||
| 28 February 1930 | |||||||||||
| 30 May 1961 | |||||||||||
• Dominican Civil War begins | 24 April 1965 | ||||||||||
| 28 April 1965 | |||||||||||
• Dominican Civil War ends | 3 September 1965 | ||||||||||
• Fourth Dominican Republic is established | 1 July 1966 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Dominican peso | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
The Third Dominican Republic was a predecessor of the Dominican Republic and existed from 12 July 1924 with the departure of American troops after the end of the first American occupation, until 1 July 1966 when Joaquín Balaguer became President of the Dominican Republic. De facto the Third Republic ended on the 28 April 1965 with the US occupation. This period is also known as the Age of Trujillo, because of the strong influence exerted by the Trujillo regime over much of these 41 years.