, conventional_long_name = Dominican Republic , common_name = Third Republic , status = Dominican territory , empire = , government_type =

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presidential republic A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation ...

(1924–1930; 1962–1965)

one-party A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government ...

under a

personalist dictatorship A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are ...

(1930–1962) , leader1 =

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

, year_leader1 = 1934–1961 , title_leader = ''

Generalissimo ''Generalissimo'' ( ) is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to field marshal and other five-star ranks in the states where they are used. Usage The word (), an Italian term, is the absolute superlative of ('general') thus me ...

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, year_representative1 = 1930–1938;
1942–1952 , representative2 =

Jacinto Peynado Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado Peynado (February 15, 1878 – March 7, 1940) was the president of the Dominican Republic from August 16, 1938, until February 24, 1940, during the Trujillo era. During his 31-year regime, dictator Rafael Trujillo app ...

, year_representative2 = 1938–1940 , representative3 = Manuel de Jesús Troncoso , year_representative3 = 1940–1942 , representative4 = Héctor Trujillo , year_representative4 = 1952–1960 , representative5 =

Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer. He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 1962 ...

, year_representative5 = 1960–1962 , title_representative =

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

(''de jure'') , deputy1 =

Horacio Vásquez Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara (October 22, 1860 – March 25, 1936) was a Dominican general and political figure. He served as the president of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic in 1899, and again between 1902 and 1903. ...

, year_deputy1 = 1924–1930 (first) , deputy2 = Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly , year_deputy2 = 1962–1963 , deputy3 = Juan Bosch , year_deputy3 = 1963 , deputy4 =

Donald Reid Cabral Joseph Donald Reid Cabral (June 9, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was a Dominican politician and lawyer. Reid became president during the "triumvirate" from December 28, 1963 to April 25, 1965. Biography Donald Reid Cabral was born in Santiago de ...

, year_deputy4 = 1963–1965 , title_deputy =

(''de facto'') , event_start = departure of US troops after the end of the first US occupation , date_start = 12 July 1924 , year_start = , event1 = ''

Coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

'' , date_event1 = 28 February 1930 , event2 = Assassination of Rafael Trujillo , date_event2 = 30 May 1961 , year_end = 1965 , date_end = 24 April , event_end = Disestablished , event_pre = , date_pre = , event_post = Dominican Civil War ends , date_post = 3 September 1965 , p1 = United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) , flag_p1 = Flag of the United States.svg , p2 = Second Dominican Republic , flag_p2 = Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg , p3 = , flag_p3 = , s1 = Dominican Civil War , flag_s1 = Flag of the United States.svg , s2 = Fourth Dominican Republic , flag_s2 = Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg , s3 = , flag_s3 = , image_flag = Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg , flag = , image_map = , national_anthem = , capital = Santo Domingo / Ciudad Trujillo , common_languages = Spanish , currency =

Dominican peso ' ( en, Dominican peso) has been the name of the currency of the Dominican Republic ( es, República Dominicana) since 2011. Its symbol is " $", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos (or dollars) is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DO ...

, stat_area1 = The Third Republic of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

covers from 12 July 1924 with the departure of American troops after the end of the first American occupation, until 28 April 1965 with the disembarkation of American troops after the start of the April 1965 War and the second American 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.

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