Antonio Imbert Barrera
| Antonio Imbert Barrera | |
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| 44th President of the Dominican Republic | |
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In office May 7, 1965 – August 30, 1965 |
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| Vice President | Manuel Joaquín Castillo |
| Preceded by | Pedro Bartolomé Benoit |
| Succeeded by | Héctor García-Godoy |
| Minister of Defense of the Dominican Republic | |
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In office October 8, 1986 – June 17, 1988 |
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| President | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Preceded by | Víctor M. Barjan Muffdi |
| Succeeded by | Elías Wessin y Wessin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 3, 1920 San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Died | May 31, 2016 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Dominican |
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Carmen Imbert Brugal (niece) |
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| Mother | María del Consuelo Barrera Steinkopf |
| Father | Segundo Manuel Imbert Mesnier |
| Profession | Army Major General |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Carmen Imbert Brugal (niece)
Segundo Imbert (grandfather)
Major General Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera (December 3, 1920 – May 31, 2016) was a two-star army general advitam of the Dominican Army and was President of the Dominican Republic from May to August 1965.
Imbert, who plotted to assassinate dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961, was one of the two rival rulers in the Dominican Republic from May 7, 1965 until August 30, 1965, amid the Dominican Civil War. He had succeeded General Pedro B. Benoit van der Horst who ruled for less than a week. After the civil war ended, both General Imbert and his rival Colonel Francisco Caamaño resigned and Héctor García-Godoy, a civilian, was sworn as interim president.
Imbert was born into a prominent family of military tradition: his father, Brigadier General Segundo Manuel Imbert Mesnier had a leading role in the northern region of the Dominican Republic; Brigadier General Segundo Francisco Imbert, Imbert Barrera’s grandfather, was Vice-President of the Dominican Republic and candidate for President, and fought in the Dominican Restoration War; meanwhile his great-grandfather, Major General José María Imbert, who was a French migrant, achieved important victories against Haiti in the Dominican War of Independence.
Imbert’s first significant position was as governor of Puerto Plata in 1940. He was removed from the post by then president Rafael Trujillo for sending him a telegram informing upon the names of the survivors of the failed Luperón invasion. This caused, in a personal manner, the beginning of the assassination plan against Trujillo.
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