National
Senate
- Spanish: Senado de la República
Governs Dominican Republic · Part of National Congress
Official website (senadord.gob.do) Report a problem with this page
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Who sits on it
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President of the Senate
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- Ricardo de los Santos Polanco President of the Senate PRM
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32 senators
Elected
See every Senator and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Senate senadord.gob.do · checked
- Ricardo de los Santos Polanco as President of the Senate senadord.gob.do · checked
- Senator constituteproject.org · checked
What it can do
- Try impeachments and elect electoral and audit bodies
Hears accusations brought by the Chamber of Deputies against public officials; approves ambassadors; elects the Chamber of Accounts, the Central Electoral Board and the Defender of the People. Art. 80.
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Sources for what it can do
- Try impeachments and elect electoral and audit bodies constituteproject.org · checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Dominican Republic 2015 Constitution (English translation of the 2015 text), read 2026-10-12: Art. 78: composition of the Senate For: Senate
- senadord.gob.do · checked Senado de la Republica Dominicana, Senadores 2024-2028 (bufete directivo Agosto 2026-Agosto 2027), read 2026-10-12: official Spanish name For: Senate in Spanish
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Dominican Republic 2015 Constitution (English translation of the 2015 text), read 2026-10-12: Art. 80 For: Try impeachments and elect electoral and audit bodies
- senadord.gob.do · checked Senado de la Republica Dominicana, Senadores 2024-2028 (bufete directivo Agosto 2026-Agosto 2027), read 2026-10-12: Bufete Directivo: Presidente For: President of the Senate
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Dominican Republic 2015 Constitution (English translation of the 2015 text), read 2026-10-12: Arts. 77, 78: 32 senators, one per province and the National District, four-year term For: Senator
- senadord.gob.do · checked Senado de la Republica Dominicana, Senadores 2024-2028 (bufete directivo Agosto 2026-Agosto 2027), read 2026-10-12: senator for the province, 2024-2028 period; start date not stated For: Lía Ynocencia Díaz Santana as Senator, Azua, Andrés Guillermo Lama Pérez as Senator, Bahoruco, Moisés Ayala Pérez as Senator, Barahona, Manuel María Rodríguez Ortega as Senator, Dajabón, Omar Leonel Fernández Domínguez as Senator, Distrito Nacional and 27 more
- senadord.gob.do · checked Senado de la Republica Dominicana, Senadores 2024-2028 (bufete directivo Agosto 2026-Agosto 2027), read 2026-10-12: Presidente del Senado: Ricardo De Los Santos (Sanchez Ramirez) For: Ricardo de los Santos Polanco as President of the Senate
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Dominican Republic 2015 Constitution, Art. 209, read 2026-10-12: legislative elections held with the presidential election on the third Sunday of May For: General election, May 21, 2028