Dominican Republic Spanish: República Dominicana
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Dominican territory
Capital	Santo Domingo / Ciudad Trujillo
Common languages	Spanish
Government	Unitary presidential republic (1924–1930; 1962–1965) Unitary one-party presidential republic under an authoritarian hereditary dictatorship (1930–1961)
Generalissimo
• 1934–1961	Rafael Trujillo
President (de jure)
• 1930–1938; 1942–1952	Rafael Trujillo
• 1938–1940	Jacinto Peynado
• 1940–1942	Manuel de Jesús Troncoso
• 1952–1960	Héctor Trujillo
• 1960–1962	Joaquín Balaguer
President (de facto)
• 1924–1930 (first)	Horacio Vásquez
• 1962–1963	Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
• 1963	Juan Bosch
• 1963–1965	Donald Reid Cabral
History
• departure of US troops after the end of the first US occupation	12 July 1924
• Coup d'état	28 February 1930
• Assassination of Rafael Trujillo	30 May 1961
• Disestablished	24 April 1965
• Dominican Civil War ends	3 September 1965
Currency	Dominican peso
Preceded by Succeeded by United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Second Dominican Republic Dominican Civil War Fourth Dominican Republic

The Third Dominican Republic^[1] 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 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.

See also

• History of the Dominican Republic
• First Dominican Republic
• Second Dominican Republic

References