The Third Dominican Republic was a predecessor of the

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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 Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms from 1960 t ...

became

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. De facto the Third Republic ended on the 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.

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