The Governor of San Cristóbal is the civil representative of the President of the Republic in San Cristóbal Province, who designated it.
From its creation until the fall of the Trujillo dictatorship the title of the Governor was Governor of Trujillo Province. During a period of time, the Governor was elevated to the category of Secretary of State (Minister) and was titled as Secretary of State, Governor of Trujillo Province.[Decree 1048-43]
The Article 198 of the Constitution of the 2010 said the requirements to be governor: Be Dominican. Be older than 25 years. Have full use of civil and political rights.
The governor's attribution and duties are determined by law.
The current governor is Pura Castilla.
List of San Cristóbal governors The follow list is incomplete.
GovernorFromToPresidentMr. Abigail A. Pereyra 1938 30 Octubre 1941 Mr. Enrique Montes de Oca 30 Octubre 1941[Decree 1305-41] Manuel de Js. TroncosoMr. Romeo Rojas 27 July 1942[Decree 138-42] 13 June 1943 Rafael TrujilloDr. Federico Augusto Paulino 13 June 1943[Decree 1239-43] Rafael TrujilloMr. Virgilio Álvarez Sánchez 4 May 1945[Decree 2652-45, Art. 1] 28 December 1945 Rafael TrujilloMr. Mario Abreu Penzo 28 December 1945[Decree 3243-45] Rafael TrujilloDr. José Benjamín Uribe Macías (first term) 20 January 1948[Decree 4901-48] Rafael TrujilloMr. Andrés Julio Espinal 1 February 1949[Decree 5620-49] 1 July 1949 Rafael TrujilloDr. José Benjamín Uribe Macías (second term) 1 July 1949[Decree 5891-49] Rafael TrujilloMr. Pedro Pablo Villanueva 29 April 1951 [Decree 7337-51, Art. 1] 28 February 1952 Héctor B. TrujilloMr. Enrique Arzeno Lora 28 February 1952 [Decree 8098-52, Art. 2] 9 December 1952 Rafael TrujilloMr. Julio Ibarra Fas 9 December 1952 [Decree 8716-52, Art. 1] 25 March 1953 Héctor B. TrujilloDr. Rafael Tulio Pérez Martínez 25 March 1953 [Decree 8904-53, Art. 1] Héctor B. TrujilloMr. José A. Rivera González 20 February 1955 Héctor B. TrujilloMr. Felipe S. Parra Pagán (first term) 20 February 1955 [Decree 656-55] 10 September 1956 Héctor B. TrujilloMr. Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ortíz 10 September 1956 [Decree 2037-56] 1 December 1956 Héctor B. TrujilloMr. Pedro Casals Pastoriza 1 December 1956 [Decree 2273-56] 16 December 1957 Héctor B. TrujilloDr. Josefina Pimentel Boves 16 December 1957 [Decree 3392-57][Benjamín Arturo Uribe Macías (Mayor of San Cristóbal) was appointed acting Governor of the Province from 26 August 1960, until the return of Mrs. Pimentel Boves on 24 September 1960, Decrees 6022-60 and 6096-60] 9 August 1961 Héctor B. TrujilloDr. Rafael Tulio Pérez Martínez 9 August 1961 [Decree 7007-61] 23 January 1962 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Pedro N. Uribe Albert 23 January 1962 [Decree 7635-62, Art. 3] 7 May 1962 Rafael F. BonellyMr. Sócrates Barinas Coiscou 7 May 1962 [Decree 7975-62] Rafael F. BonellyMr. Felipe Parra Pagán (second term) 3 October 1963 [Decree 18-63, Art. 1] 16 May 1964 TriumvirateMr. Pablo Barinas Coiscou 16 May 1964 [Decree 954-64] TriumvirateDr. Máximo Puello Renvill 21 September 1965 [Decree 109-65] Héctor García-GodoyMiss Mercedes Leger 22 July 1971 Joaquín BalaguerProf. Pastora Nivar de Pérez 22 July 1971 [Decree 1292-71] 26 March 1974 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Miguel Angel García F. 26 March 1974 [Decree 4376-74] 16 May 1977 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Raymundo Roig 16 May 1977 [Decree 2876-77] Joaquín BalaguerMr. Julio Urbáez 16 August 1978 [Decree 66-78, Art. 3] 15 January 1982 Antonio Guzman FernandezMr. Fausto Bienvenido Penn 15 January 1982 [Decree 2990-82] Antonio Guzman FernándezMr. Vinicio Jiménez 16 August 1982 [Decree 15-82, Art. 2] 9 June 1983 Salvador Jorge BlancoMr. Anibal Santana Álvarez 9 June 1983 [Decree 1134-83, Art. 1] Salvador Jorge BlancoDr. María Antonieta Bello16 August 1986 4 May 1990 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Leonidas A. Bernard Barinas4 May 1990 1 April 1994 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Julio César Domínguez 1 April 1994 22 August 1994 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Víctor Manuel Penn Álvarez 22 August 1994 30 March 1995 Joaquín BalaguerDr. Luis Antonio Roa Pujols30 March 1995 10 September 1995 Joaquín BalaguerMr. Salvador E. Cabrera Benzán 10 September 1995 16 August 1996 Joaquín BalaguerDr. Nelly Pérez Duvergé 28 August 1996 [Decree 379-96, Art. 7] 17 August 1998 Leonel FernándezMr. Raul Javier Félix 17 August 1998 16 August 2000 Leonel FernándezDr. Miriam de la Rosa 16 August 2000 17 April 2002 Hipólito Mejía Mr. Angel Rafael Salazar 17 April 2002 [Decree 251-02] 23 April 2003 Hipólito MejíaDr. Miriam de la Rosa 23 April 2003 [Decree 397-03] 16 August 2004 Hipólito MejíaDr. Manuel Orlando Espinosa Medina 16 August 2004 16 August 2010 [Ceased in the Position due to his election as Deputy of the Congress] Leonel FernándezMr. Alfonso Gamalier Montás 19 August 2010 [Decree 455-10, Art. 7] 30 August 2012 Decree 524-12 Leonel FernándezMr. Julio César Díaz 30 August 2012 [Decree 524-12] Danilo MedinaMs. Pura Castilla 30 August 2020 [Decree 524-12] Incumbent Luis Abinader
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