Antonio Imbert Barrera

Antonio Imbert Barrera
Antonio Imbert Barrera, 1986
44th President of the Dominican Republic
In office May 7, 1965 – August 30, 1965
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Pedro Bartolomé Benoit
Succeeded by	Héctor García-Godoy
Minister of Defense of the Dominican Republic
In office October 8, 1986 – June 17, 1988
President	Joaquín Balaguer
Preceded by	Víctor M. Barjan Muffdi
Succeeded by	Elías Wessin y Wessin
Personal details
Born	(1920-12-03)December 3, 1920 San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Died	May 31, 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 95) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality	Dominican
Spouses	Giralda Busto Sánchez Guarina Mercedes Tessón Hurtado María Sánchez
Relations	Carmen Imbert Brugal (niece) Segundo Imbert (grandfather) José María Imbert (great-grandfather)
Children	4
Parents	Segundo Manuel Imbert Mesnier (father) María del Consuelo Barrera Steinkopf (mother)
Profession	Army Major General

Major General Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera (December 3, 1920^[1] – May 31, 2016) was a Dominican military general 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.

According to Imbert, he fired the fatal shot at Trujillo.^[2]