List of ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to China

The Dominican ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the government in Santo Domingo to the government in Beijing.

• In July 2004, Taiwan was assured by the Dominican Republic that it would not switch its diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, even though it had established business ties with China.
• When Leonel Fernández was president-elect, he told Taiwan's ambassador that the new government will continue to recognize Taiwan.
• China opened a commercial liaison office in the Dominican Republic, but the long-standing friendship between Taiwan and the Dominican Republic will remain unchanged, but the D.R. will have commercial ties with China.^[1]

Ambassador of Dominican Republic to China
Inaugural holder	Leonte Guzmán Sánchez
Formation	October 8, 1946

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of presidents of the Dominican Republic	List of premiers of the Republic of China	Term end
1946	Leonte Guzmán Sánchez	Dominican Republic In March, 1947 Huang Yun-ssu was appointed Minister to the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Minister to China, Dr. Leonte Guzmán Sanchez, arrived in China and presented his credentials in October, 1946. 1952 El licenciado Leonte 'Guzmán Sánchez, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de la República en China, queda nombrado Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de la República en el Japón.[2]	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina	Chiang Kai-shek
1964	Jose Villanueva Garmendia	(1920-1987) Sep 16, 1971 - El Embajador de la República Dominicana, JOSE VILLANUEVA 20 — Jose Villanueva, outgoing Dominican ambassador to the Republic of China, left for his new post in Israel.[3]	Donald Reid Cabral	Yen Chia-kan	1971
1971	Adolfo Rafael Camarena	Embajador de la República Dominicana Adolfo R. Camarena y el Embajador de la República Dominicana en Taipei, Adolfo Rafael[4]	Joaquín Balaguer	Yen Chia-kan	1979
1982	Tancredo Anselmo Duluc	[5]	Salvador Jorge Blanco	Sun Yun-suan
1983	Francisco Anselmo Guzman Acosta		Salvador Jorge Blanco	Sun Yun-suan
September 16, 1984	Oscar Félix Peguero Hermida	[6]	Salvador Jorge Blanco	Yu Kuo-hwa
1986	José Manuel López Balaguer		Salvador Jorge Blanco	Yu Kuo-hwa	September 1990
October 1990	Juan Julio Morales Rosa	[7]	Joaquín Balaguer	Hau Pei-tsun
March 1992	Ciro Amaury Dargam Cruz		Joaquín Balaguer	Hau Pei-tsun
December 1994	Leonardo Matos Berrido		Joaquín Balaguer	Lien Chan	March 1997
April 1997	Víctor Manuel Sánchez Peña		Leonel Fernández	Lien Chan	October 2000
December 2000	Miguel Angel Hernández Núñez	Dec 16, 2000 - Miguel Angel Hernández Núñez, nuevo embajador de República Dominicana, presentó copias de sus cartas credenciales a Tien Hung-mao,	Hipólito Mejía	Tang Fei	April 2003
April 2003	Carlos J. Guzman	[8]	Leonel Fernández	Yu Shyi-kun	October 2004
October 2004	Victor Manuel Sanchez Pena		Leonel Fernández	Yu Shyi-kun	June 2011
July 2011	Rafaela Alburquerque	Rafaela Alburquerque 12.04.2017 - Tsai Ing-wen extended the invitation to Danilo Medina through the outgoing Dominican Republic ambassador to Taiwan, Rafaela Albuquerque,	Danilo Medina	Mao Chi-kuo	April 2017
July 2017	José Miguel Ángel Soto Jiménez	commercial liaison office in Beijing	Danilo Medina	Lin Chuan	May 2018
May 1, 2018		The governments in Santo Domingo and Beijing established diplomatic relations.	Danilo Medina	Li Keqiang	August 2018
September 10, 2018	Leonte Guzmán Sánchez		Danilo Medina	Li Keqiang	August 2018

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• Dominican Republic–Taiwan relations
• China–Dominican Republic relations