Antonio Imbert Barrera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Imbert Barrera

Dominican Republic general

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1920

Place of Birth: Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

Date of Death: 31-May-2016

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Dominican Republic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.