Antonio Pimentel

Pedro Antonio Pimentel Chamorro (* 1830 ; † 1874 in Quartier Morin , Haiti ) was a Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic .

biography

War of Independence 1863 to 1865

Pimentel, who was originally a cattle dealer in the northeast of the Dominican Republic, was one of the most important colonels of the Restoration War from 1863 to 1865. Pimentel played a prominent role in the northwest of the country within the independence movement ( Restauradores ) around Santiago Rodriguez, José Cabrera and Benito Moncíon. Together with their troops, he united on August 16, 1863 in Capotillo to attack the Spanish garrison of La Patilla on the morning of the next day . In addition to Moncíon, he was then pursued by Spanish troops around Brigadier General Buceta. He later took an active part in the battle and siege of Santiago de los Caballeros and was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence of September 14, 1863.

He later served as Commander in Chief of the Independence Army in the east and then Deputy Chief of Staff for operations at Headquarters in the northwest. Immediately after he was appointed governor of the province of Santiago on February 10, 1864 , he began, alongside Gaspar Polanco, to fight the Spanish occupying forces in Puerto Plata and to push them back to the sea. In January 1865 he was finally elected Minister of War and at the same time a member of the National Assembly of the area controlled by the Restauradores , where he represented the constituency of Santiago.

The Dominican Republic was under the formal rule of a Spanish governor general and captain general until July 11, 1865 . Between September 1863 and July 11, 1865, however, there were also several counter-governments. He already belonged to such a counter-government from January 23 to 24, 1865 as one of three Supreme Generals.

President 1865 and opponent of General Báez

After the renewed separation from Spain on March 3, 1865, he was initially provisional president on March 25, 1865 by the National Assembly of the Restauradores . Through this election he reached the most important political and military position in the republic, previously held only by José Antonio Salcedo and Gaspar Polanco.

After the full restoration and the expulsion of the Spanish army, he became President of the Second Dominican Republic on July 11, 1865 .

One of his first acts was the establishment of a military council, which was responsible for the conviction of the former provisional president Gaspar Polanco and his cabinet. The end of the Restoration War and the withdrawal of the Spanish troops also fell during his short term of office.

He kept the office of president until his replacement by José Maria Cabral on August 4, 1865, who later formed a government against the regular president Buenaventura Báez . After the rebellion of May 1, 1866 against President Báez, he belonged from May 29 to August 22, 1866, together with Gregorio Luperón and Federico de Jesús García, a triumvirate that formed a counter-government to Báez and later the provisional government at Cabral again handed over.

In the following period, during the six-year presidency (1868 to 1874), there were repeated uprisings and rebellions against Báez, which he also joined, in particular when Báez sought an annexation of the Dominican Republic by the USA , which, however, ultimately led to non-ratification by the US Senate failed. He then went into exile in Haiti , where he died soon after.

Web links

• Presidents in rulers.org
• Biography in Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana
• Gobiernos y Gobernantes de la República Dominicana - Restauración y Segunda República: 1863-1916

Individual evidence

1. ^ Haggerty, Richard A .: "Dominican Republic: A Country Study - Annexation By Spain, 1861-1865"
2. ^ Haggerty, Richard A .: "Dominican Republic: A Country Study - The Contest Of Power, 1865-1882" , Washington 1989

predecessor	Office	successor
Pedro Santana	President of the Dominican Republic July 11, 1865 - August 4, 1865	Buenaventura Báez