Ministry of Finance (Dominican Republic)

The Ministry was established on 14 November 1844, nine months after the country attained independence. It was known originally as the Ministry of Finance and Trade. The first Minister was Ricardo Miura, who held office from 1844 to 1847. Ramón Matías Mella was the fourth Minister and served from 26 September 1849 to 8 April 1850.[2]

The Ministry has gone through several name changes. In 1926, it changed to Secretary of State for Finance. Soon after, it was merged with the Ministry of Labor and Communications (on 28 January 1931). The name was amended to Ministry of Finance, Labor and Communications.

On 27 August 1931, the 1-28-1931 decree was rescinded and the Secretariat reverted to being the Ministry of Finance.

On 28 November 1934, the ministry became the Secretary of State for the Treasury.

On 28 February 1938, the Secretary became the Secretary of State for the Treasury and Commerce.

On 4 May 1945, the Secretary of State, Treasury and Commerce became the State Department of Treasury and Public Credit.

On 1 January 1955, the Secretariat again became the Ministry of Finance.

On 7 January 1957 it became the Secretariat of State for Finance and Banking.

On May 14, 1959 it was renamed Ministry of Finance.

In May, 1963, the Secretariats became Ministries.

In September, 1963 it again became Secretary of State for Finance.

During the War of April, 1965, the constitutional government established the Ministry of Finance, while the Government of National Reconstruction kept the name Secretary of State for Finance.

In 1965, the interim government restored the Ministry of Finance, until November 28, 1966, when a new constitution accepted the name Ministry of Finance.

On December 27, 2006 it was once again called Secretary of State for Finance.[3]

The decentralised and autonomous institutions of the Ministry of Finance, are:

• Superintendency of Insurance
• Directory General of Customs (DGA)
• Directorate General of Internal Revenue (DGII)
• Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic (BanReservas).
• Savings Fund for Workers and Monte de Piedad.

• Ricardo Miura, 1844-1847[4]
• José María Caminero, 1847-1849[4]
• Jacinto de la Concha, 1849[4]
• Ramón Matías Mella, 1849-1850[4]
• Manuel Joaquín del Monte, 1850-1851[4]
• Miguel Lavastida, 1851-1852[4]
• Francisco Cruz Moreno, 1852-1855[4]
• Manuel Joaquín del Monte, 1855-1856[4]
• Danuel Coén, 1856-1858[4]
• Pablo Pujols, 1858[4]
• José Mareo Perdomo, 1858-1860[4]
• Pedro Ricart Torres, 1860-1861[4]
• Pablo Pujols, 1863[4]
• Ricardo Curiel, 1863-1864[4]
• José Manuel Glas, 1863-1864[4]
• Alfredo Deetjen, 1864[4]
• Rafael M. Leyba, 1864-1865[4]
• Pablo Pujols, 1865[4]
• Eusebio Pereyra, 1865[4]
• Teodoro Stanley Heneken, 1865[4]
• Segundo Peralta, 1865[4]
• Juan Ramón Fiallo, 1865[4]
• Francisco Saviñón, 1865[4]
• Pedro Tomás Garrido, 1865-1866[4]
• Eusebio Pereyra, 1866[4]
• Pedro Tomás Garrido, 1866[4]
• Juan Ramón Fiallo, 1866[4]
• Pablo Pujols, 1866-1867[4]
• Pedro Perdomo, 1867-1868[4]
• Carlos Nouel, 1868[4]
• Pedro Tomás Garrido, 1868[4]
• Carlos Moreno, 1868[4]
• Ricardo Curiel, 1868-1873[4]
• Idelfonso Mella Castillo, 1873-1874[4]
• Luis Durocher, 1874[4]
• José Manuel Glas, 1874[4]
• Francisco Xavier Amiama, 1874-1875[4]
• Pedro Tomás Garrido, 1875[4]
• Juan Bautista Zafra, 1875-1876[4]
• Mariano A. Cesteros, 1876[4]
• Juan Bautista Zafra, 1876[4]
• José de Jesús Castro, 1876[4]
• Manuel María Gautier, 1876[4]
• Pedro María Piñeiro, 1876[4]
• Manuel A. Cáceres, 1876-1878[4]
• Francisco Gregorio Billini, 1878[4]
• Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, 1878[4]
• Pedro María Aristy, 1878-1879[4]
• Apolinar de Castro, 1879[4]
• Maximiliano Grullón, 1879-1880[4]
• Rodolfo Boscowitz, 1880-1882[4]
• Eugenio Generoso de Marchena, 1882-1884[4]
• Amable Damirón, 1884-1885[4]
• Angel R. Delgado, 1885[4]
• Lucas Gibbes, 1885[4]
• Rodolfo Boscowitz, 1885-1887[4]
• Julio J. Julia, 1887-1889[4]
• Juan Francisco Sánchez, 1889-1893[4]
• Modesto Rivas, 1893-1897[4]
• José de Jesús Álvarez, 1897-1899[4]
• Federico Augusto González, 1899-1900[4]
• Elías Brache, 1900-1902[4]
• Emiliano Tejera, 1902-1903[4]
• Rafael Galván, 1903[4]
• José Brache, 1903[4]
• Enrique Pou, 1903-1904[4]
• Federico Velásquez Hernández, 1904-1911[4]
• Angel M. Soler, 1911[4]
• Francisco A. Córdova, 1911-1912[4]
• Eduardo Ricart, 1912[4]
• Arturo Grullón, 1912[4]
• Eduardo Soler, 1912-1913[4]
• Mario A. Saviñón, 1913-1914[4]
• Salvador B. Gautier, 1914[4]
• Armando Pérez Perdomo, 1914-1915[4]
• Francisco Herrera, 1915[4]
• José Manuel Jiménez, 1915-1916[4]
• Francisco J. Peynado, 1916[4]
• US military intervention
• Eladio Sánchez, 1922-1923[4]
• Agustín Acevedo, 1923-1924[4]
• José Dolores Alfonseca, 1924-1926[4]
• Martín de Moya, 1926-1930[4]
• Jafet Hernández, 1930[4]
• Roberto Despradel, 1930-1931[4]
• Teódulio Pina Chevalier, 1931[4]
• Santiago Michelena, 1931-1932[4]
• Rafael Paino Pichardo, 1932-1933[4]
• Tulio Manuel Cestero, 1933[4]
• Rafael Brache, 1933-1934[4]
• Agustín Aristy, 1934-1938[4]
• Federico García Godoy, 1938-1940[4]
• Virgilio Álvarez Pina, 1940-1942[4]
• Manuel Cocco, 1942-1943[4]
• Furcy Pichardo, 1943-1944[4]
• Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha, 1944-1945[4]
• Horacio A. Febles, 1945[4]
• Rafael Paino Pichardo, 1945-1947[4]
• Victor Garrido, 1947-1949[4]
• José A. Castellanos, 1949-1950[4]
• Generoso Núñez, 1950-1952[4]
• Salvador Ortíz, 1952-1953[4]
• Julio de la Rocha Báez, 1953-1954[4]
• Salvador Lluberes Peña, 1954[4]
• Virgilio Álvarez Sánchez, 1954-1956[4]
• Salvador Ortíz, 1956[4]
• Virgilio Álvarez Sánchez, 1956-1958[4]
• José A. Turull Ricart, 1958-1959[4]
• Virgilio Álvarez Sánchez, 1959[4]
• José Ernesto García Aybar, 1959[4]
• José A. Turull Ricart, 1959[4]
• Furcy Pichardo, 1959-1961[4]
• José A. Quezada, 1961[4]
• Pedro Justo Carrión, 1961[4]
• José Manuel Machado, 1961-1962[4]
• Manuel Enrique Tavarez, 1962[4]
• Ramón Cáceres Troncoso, 1962-1963[4]
• Jacobo Majluta, 1963[4]
• Pedro Manuel Casals, 1963[4]
• Manuel Ramón Cruz Díaz, 1964[4]
• José Andrés Aybar Castellanos, 1964-1965[4]
• José Rafael Abinader, 1965[4]
• Generoso Núñez, 1965[4]
• Fidel Méndez Núñez, 1965[4]
• Enrique Tarazona, 1965-1966[4]
• Antonio Martínez Francisco, 1966-1970[4]
• Arturo Muñiz Marte, 1970-1973[4]
• Carlos Séliman, 1973-1975[4]
• Fernando Álvarez Bogaert, 1975-1976[4]
• Diógenes Fernández, 1976-1977[4]
• Victor Gómez Bergés, 1977[4]
• Reynaldo A. Bisonó, 1977-1978[4]
• Manuel José Cabral, 1978-1979[4]
• Bolívar Báez Ortíz, 1979-1982[4]
• Ramón Martínez Aponte, 1982[4]
• José Rafael Abinader, 1982-1984[4]
• José Santos Taveras, 1984[4]
• Hugo Guiliani Cury, 1984[4]
• Manuel Cocco Guerrero, 1984-1986[4]
• Roberto Saladín, 1986-1987[4]
• José Carlos Isaias, 1987-1988[4]
• Roberto Martínez Villanueva, 1988-1989[4]
• Guillermo Caram, 1989[4]
• Rodolfo Rincón Martínez, 1989-1990[4]
• Licelot Marte de Barrios, 1990-1993[4]
• Florencio Lorenzo Silva, 1993-1994[4]
• Luis Taveras Andujar, 1994-1995
• Pedro Reynoso Jimenez, 1995
• Roberto Martínez Villanueva, 1995-1996
• Daniel Toribio, 1996-2000[5]
• Fernando Álvarez Bogaert, 2000-2002
• José Lois Malkún, 2002-2003
• Rafael Calderon Martínez, 2003-2004[6]
• Vicente Bengoa, 2004-2011
• Daniel Toribio, 2011-2012[5]
• Simón Lizardo Mézquita, 2012-2016[7]
• Donald Guerrero, 2016-2020[8]
• José Manuel Vicente Dubocq, 2020- [8][9]

• Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

• Official website
• Secretariat of State for Finance