Ruler · 1844 – 1898

Francisco Gregorio Billini

Lived 1844 – 1898; politician, writer. President of the Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic), 1884 – 1885.

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Lived: 1844 – 1898; 54 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Dominican Republic
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic · the 9th of 33 dated reigns · 1844 – 2020

5 before

Jacinto de Castro1878

Fernando Arturo de Meriño1880 – 1882

Ulises Heureaux1882 – 1884

Francisco Gregorio Billini1884 – 1885

Ulises Heureaux1887 – 1889

Manuel María Gautier1889

Ulises Heureaux1889 – 1899

21 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1884 – 1885 · 1 year · came to it aged 40

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He resigned in 1885 to avoid creating a civil war as he found opposition, as Gregorio Luperon believed he was Ulises Heureaux puppet and a way of the dictator to maintain political power while Heureaux opposed him when Billini's policies affected his power and interests in the country.

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