title: Governor of San Cristóbal
text: # Governor of San Cristóbal
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  | Governor | From | To | President |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Mr. Abigail A. Pereyra | 1938 | 30 Octubre 1941 | |
  | Mr. Enrique Montes de Oca | 30 Octubre 1941 | | Manuel de Js. Troncoso |
  | Mr. Romeo Rojas | 27 July 1942 | 13 June 1943 | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Dr. Federico Augusto Paulino | 13 June 1943 | | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Mr. Virgilio Álvarez Sánchez | 4 May 1945 | 28 December 1945 | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Mr. Mario Abreu Penzo | 28 December 1945 | | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Dr. José Benjamín Uribe Macías (first term) | 20 January 1948 | | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Mr. Andrés Julio Espinal | 1 February 1949 | 1 July 1949 | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Dr. José Benjamín Uribe Macías (second term) | 1 July 1949 | | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Mr. Pedro Pablo Villanueva | 29 April 1951 | 28 February 1952 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Mr. Enrique Arzeno Lora | 28 February 1952 | 9 December 1952 | Rafael Trujillo |
  | Mr. Julio Ibarra Fas | 9 December 1952 | 25 March 1953 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Dr. Rafael Tulio Pérez Martínez | 25 March 1953 | | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Mr. José A. Rivera González | | 20 February 1955 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Mr. Felipe S. Parra Pagán (first term) | 20 February 1955 | 10 September 1956 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Mr. Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ortíz | 10 September 1956 | 1 December 1956 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Mr. Pedro Casals Pastoriza | 1 December 1956 | 16 December 1957 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Dr. Josefina Pimentel Boves | 16 December 1957 | 9 August 1961 | Héctor B. Trujillo |
  | Dr. Rafael Tulio Pérez Martínez | 9 August 1961 | 23 January 1962 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Pedro N. Uribe Albert | 23 January 1962 | 7 May 1962 | Rafael F. Bonelly |
  | Mr. Sócrates Barinas Coiscou | 7 May 1962 | | Rafael F. Bonelly |
  | Mr. Felipe Parra Pagán (second term) | 3 October 1963 | 16 May 1964 | Triumvirate |
  | Mr. Pablo Barinas Coiscou | 16 May 1964 | | Triumvirate |
  | Dr. Máximo Puello Renvill | 21 September 1965 | | Héctor García-Godoy |
  | Miss Mercedes Leger | | 22 July 1971 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Prof. Pastora Nivar de Pérez | 22 July 1971 | 26 March 1974 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Miguel Angel García F. | 26 March 1974 | 16 May 1977 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Raymundo Roig | 16 May 1977 | | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Julio Urbáez | 16 August 1978 | 15 January 1982 | Antonio Guzman Fernandez |
  | Mr. Fausto Bienvenido Penn | 15 January 1982 | | Antonio Guzman Fernández |
  | Mr. Vinicio Jiménez | 16 August 1982 | 9 June 1983 | Salvador Jorge Blanco |
  | Mr. Anibal Santana Álvarez | 9 June 1983 | | Salvador Jorge Blanco |
  | Dr. María Antonieta Bello | 16 August 1986 | 4 May 1990 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Leonidas A. Bernard Barinas | 4 May 1990 | 1 April 1994 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Julio César Domínguez | 1 April 1994 | 22 August 1994 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Víctor Manuel Penn Álvarez | 22 August 1994 | 30 March 1995 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Dr. Luis Antonio Roa Pujols | 30 March 1995 | 10 September 1995 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Mr. Salvador E. Cabrera Benzán | 10 September 1995 | 16 August 1996 | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | Dr. Nelly Pérez Duvergé | 28 August 1996 | 17 August 1998 | Leonel Fernández |
  | Mr. Raul Javier Félix | 17 August 1998 | 16 August 2000 | Leonel Fernández |
  | Dr. Miriam de la Rosa | 16 August 2000 | 17 April 2002 | Hipólito Mejía |
  | Mr. Angel Rafael Salazar | 17 April 2002 | 23 April 2003 | Hipólito Mejía |
  | Dr. Miriam de la Rosa | 23 April 2003 | 16 August 2004 | Hipólito Mejía |
  | Dr. Manuel Orlando Espinosa Medina | 16 August 2004 | 16 August 2010 | Leonel Fernández |
  | Mr. Alfonso Gamalier Montás | 19 August 2010 | 30 August 2012 | Leonel Fernández |
  | Mr. Julio César Díaz | 30 August 2012 | | Danilo Medina |
  | Ms. Pura Castilla | 30 August 2020 | Incumbent | Luis Abinader |
  