José Agripino Barnet

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name =José Barnet


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order = 11th
office = President of Cuba
term_start = 11 December 1935
term_end = 20 May 1936
vicepresident = Federico Laredo Brú
predecessor = Carlos Mendieta
successor = Miguel Mariano Gómez
birth_date = 24 June 1864
birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
death_date = 1945
death_place = Barcelona, Spain
nationality = flagicon|Cuba Cuban
party =National Union
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spouse =Marcela Cleard
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children =Geogina Barnet y Cleard
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José Agripino Barnet y Vinagres (23 June 1864 - 1945) was a Cuban politician and diplomat who served as the 11th President of Cuba from December 11 1935 to May 20 1936. Staff report (September 20, 1945). Jose Barnet, Ex-Head of Cuba, Dies at 81. "The New York Times"]

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

Barnet 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 unitl the instilation of the Republic of Cuba in 1902. He was named the Cuban Consul in Paris, France and in 1908 was transfered as the Cuban Consul in Liverpool, England. He was also the Cuban Consul in Roterdam and Hamburg. He also served in Japan, Brazil, Germany and Switzerland.

He was married to Marcela Cleard and they had one daughter, Geogina Barnet Cleard (who married Henri Vas De Briendt).

References

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last = Otero
first = Juan Joaquin
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title = Libro De Cuba, Una Enciclopedia Ilustrada Que Abarca Las Artes, Las Letras, Las Ciencias, La Economia, La Politica, La Historia, La Docencia, Y ElProgreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952
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year = 1954
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