Third 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 1 July 1966 when Joaquín Balaguer became President of the Dominican Republic. De facto the Third Republic ended on 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.

Dominican Republic Spanish: República Dominicana
1924–1966
Flag Coat of arms
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 totalitarian 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
• Coup d'état	28 February 1930
• Assassination of Rafael Trujillo	30 May 1961
• Dominican Civil War begins	24 April 1965
• Second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began	28 April 1965
• Dominican Civil War ends	3 September 1965
• Fourth Dominican Republic is established	1 July 1966
Currency	Dominican peso
Preceded by Succeeded by United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–1966) Dominican Republic
Today part of	Dominican Republic

See also

• History of the Dominican Republic
• First Dominican Republic
• Second Dominican Republic
• Vice Presidents of the Dominican Republic (1924–1965)