The minister of defense of the

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, is the Cabinet member in charge of the Ministry of Defense, known as the secretary of armed forces before 2010. The current Dominican minister of defense is Lieutenant General Máximo William Muñoz Delgado.

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Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...

Antonio Jorge: (1930–1931) *

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Jacinto P. Peynado: (1931–1932) * Mr. Plinio R. Pina Chevalier: (1933) * Mr. Francisco E. Penzo: (1933) *

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Teódulo Pina Chevalier: (1933–1934) *

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José García: (1934–1942) *

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Hector E. Trujillo Molina: (1942–1952) *

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Fausto E. Caamaño: (1952–1954) * Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo Molina: (1954–1955) * Lieutenant General José García Trujillo: (1955–1960) * Lieutenant General José R. Román Fernández: (1960–1961) * Major General Santo Mélido Marte Pichardo: (1961) * Major General Francisco Gonzalez Cruz: (1961) * Brigadier Pedro Rafael R. Rodriguez Echaverría: (1961–1962) * Major General Victor Elby Viñas Román: (1962–1965) * Viceadmiral Francisco Javier Rivera Caminero: (1965–1966) * Major General Enrique Pérez y Pérez: (1966–1970) * Major General Joaquín Méndez Lara: (1970–1971) * Vicealmiral Ramóon Emilio Jiménez Hijo: (1971–1975) * Major General Juan René Beauchamp Javier: (1975–1978) * Major General Rafael A. Valdez Hilario: (1978–1980) * Lieutenant General

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Mario A. Imbert McGregor: (1980–1982) * Lieutenant General Ramiro Matos Gonzalez: (1982–1984) * Lieutenant General Manuel A. Cuervo Gómez: (1984–1986) *

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Víctor M. Barján Muffdi: (1986) * Lieutenant General

Antonio Imbert Barrera Major General Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera (December 3, 1920 – May 31, 2016) was a two-star army general advitam of the Dominican Army and was President of the Dominican Republic from May to August 1965. Imbert, who plotted to assassinate di ...

: (1986–1988)

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and was awarded the general grade Advitam * Lieutenant General

Elías Wessin y Wessin Elías Wessin y Wessin (July 22, 1924 – April 18, 2009) was a Dominican politician and Dominican Air Force general. Wessin led the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, replacing it with a triumv ...

: (1988–1991) * Lieutenant General Héctor García Tejada: (1991–1993) * Lieutenant General Constantino Matos Villanueva: (1993–1994) * Admiral Iván A. Vargas Céspedes: (1994–1996) * Lieutenant General Iván R. Hernández Oleaga: (1996) * Lieutenant General Pilot Juan Bautista Rojas Tabar: (1996) * Admiral Rubén Paulino Álvarez: (1996–1998) * Lieutenant General Manuel de Jesús Florentino y Florentino: (1998–2000) * Lieutenant General José Miguel Soto Jiménez: (2000–2004) * Admiral Sigfrido Aramis Pared Peréz: (2004–2006) * Lieutenant General Ramón Antonio Aquino García: (2006–2008) * Lieutenant General Pilot Pedro R. Peña Antonio: (2008–2010) * Lieutenant General Joaquin Virgilio Perez Feliz: (2010–2012) * Admiral Sigfrido Aramis Pared Perez: (2012–2014) * Lieutenant General Máximo William Muñoz Delgado (2014–)

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053031/http://fuerzasarmadas.mil.do/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=99

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