José Agripino Barnet Explained

José Agripino Barnet y Vinageras
Office:President of Cuba
Term Start:December 11, 1935
Term End:May 20, 1936
Vicepresident:Federico Laredo Brú
Predecessor:Carlos Mendieta
Successor:Miguel Mariano Gómez
Birth Date:23 June 1864
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Death Place:Havana, Cuba
Nationality: Cuban
Party:National Union
Spouse:Marcela Cleard
Children:Geogina Barnet y Cleard
Occupation:President

José Agripino Barnet y Vinageras (June 23, 1864 – September 18, 1945) was a Cuban politician and diplomat who served as interim President of Cuba from December 11, 1935 to May 20, 1936.[1]

He was the seventh provisional chief since the fall of Gerardo Machado.[2]

Barnet y Vinageras was born in Spain but his parents were born in Cuba. He graduated from the University of Havana School of Law. In 1887, he went to Paris, where he remained until the installation of the Republic of Cuba in 1902. He was named the Cuban Consul in Paris, France and in 1908 was transferred as the Cuban Consul in Liverpool, England. He was also the Cuban Consul in Rotterdam and Hamburg. He also served in Japan, Brazil, Germany and Switzerland.

He was married to Marcela Cleard and they had one daughter, Georgina Marcelle Barnet y Cleard (who married Henri Jan van de Griendt).

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Notes and References

  1. Staff report (September 20, 1945). Jose Barnet, Ex-Head of Cuba, Dies at 81. The New York Times
  2. Staff report (December 14, 1935). BARNET BECOMES CUBAN PRESIDENT; He Takes Oath as the Seventh Provisional Chief of Republic Since Fall of Machado. The New York Times