Antonio Imbert Barrera

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Imbert and the second or maternal family name is Barrera.

Antonio Imbert Barrera
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44th President of the Dominican Republic
In office May 7, 1965 – August 30, 1965
Vice President	Manuel Joaquín Castillo
Preceded by	Pedro Bartolomé Benoit
Succeeded by	Héctor García-Godoy
Personal details
Born	(1920-12-03)December 3, 1920 San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Died
Nationality	Dominican
Spouse(s)	Giralda Busto Sánchez Guarina Mercedes Tessón Hurtado María Sánchez
Relations	Carmen Imbert Brugal (niece) Segundo Imbert (grandfather) José María Imbert (great-grandfather)
Children	Antonio Imbert Tessón Leslie Imbert Tessón Oscar Imbert Tessón Manuel Imbert Sánchez
Profession	Army Major General
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Antonio Imbert Barrera (December 3, 1920 – May 31, 2016) was an officer of the Dominican Army. He 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 was sworn as interim president. (See List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic).

Biography

Barrera's first significant position was as governor of Puerto Plata in 1940. He was removed from the post by the dictator Rafael Trujillo for sending a telegram to Trujillo informing upon the names of the survivors of the failed Luperón invasion. This caused, in a personal manner, the beginning of the murder plan against Trujillo.

On May 30, 1961 Trujillo was shot dead when his car was ambushed on a road outside the Dominican capital. Imbert, accompanied by Antonio de la Maza, Salvador Estrella Sahdalá and Lt. Amado García Guerrero. who was the driver of the ambushing vehicle, were the active participants who carried out the plot. Most of those involved in the assassination plot were subsequently captured and executed, with the exception of Imbert and Luis Amiama Tió. Imbert went into hiding until December 2.

As a result, Imbert was declared a "National Hero", and was awarded the general grade Advitam. In the Civil War in the Dominican Republic of 1965 he led one of the factions in the struggle which faced the constitutionalist government led by Colonel Francisco Caamaño, who tried to bring back Juan Bosch to the country's presidency. Imbert's faction, called the Government of National Reconstruction was endorsed by the U.S. troops inspectors, in addition, he was one of the collaborators with the Americans, finally signing a peace act that put an end to the April war.

On March 21, 1967, he was shot in Santo Domingo while traveling with Marino García. The attempted assassination was made by the late dictator Trujillo's supporters. He survived by driving himself to a medical clinic. Imbert Barrera died on May 31, 2016 at the age of 95.

Family of Antonio Imbert Barrera

16. Simon Imbert               8. José María Bartolomé Imbert Duplessis (1798–1847)                       17. Marie Anne du Plessis               4. Segundo Francisco Imbert del Monte (1837–1905)                             9. María Francisca del Monte Sánchez (1807–1876)                       2. Segundo Manuel Imbert Mesnier (1876–1921)                                   10. Antonio Mesnier Antoinet                       5. Manuela Mesnier Román (1842–1893)                             11. Felipa Román                       1. Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera (1920–2016)                                         12. Modesto de la Barrera Luaces                       6. Antonio de la Barrera Pasarín (1844–1920)                             13. Francisca Pasarín Ibáñez                       3. María del Consuelo Barrera Steinkopf (1894–1980)                                   14. Carlos Luis Geraldo Steinkopf Bauer (died prior 1875)                       7. Adriana Isabel Steinkopf Jannaut (ca. 1860–1909)                             30. J. A. Jannaut (ca. 1805– ?)               15. Luisa Cornelia Jannaut Arredondo                       31. Gumercinda Arredondo (ca. 1813– ?)

References and sources

• (Spanish) List of rulers of the Dominican Republic
• (Spanish) Presidentes dominicanos por provincias
• Gerrero, Miguel: "January 1962, Dominican Waking up", in Antonio Imbert Barrera - Monograf Editions, Santo Domingo, RD, 1988.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Pedro Bartolomé Benoit	President of the Dominican Republic 1965	Succeeded by Héctor García-Godoy