Pedro Antonio Pimentel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pimentel and the second or maternal family name is Chamorro.

Pedro Antonio Pimentel
Illustration of President Pimentel
12th President of the Dominican Republic
In office 24 March 1865 – 4 August 1865
Vice President	Benigno Filomeno de Rojas
Preceded by	Benigno Filomeno de Rojas
Succeeded by	José María Cabral
Personal details
Born	1830 Castañuelas, Dominican Republic
Died	1874 (43–44) Quartier-Morin, Haiti
Nationality	Dominican
Military service
Allegiance	Dominican Republic
Branch/service	Dominican Army
Years of service	1840s–1871
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Dominican War of Independence Dominican Restoration War Six Years' War

Pedro Antonio Pimentel y Chamorro (1830–1874) was a Dominican Republic military figure and politician. He served as the 12th president of the Dominican Republic from March 25, 1865 until August 4, of that year. He also served as governor of Santiago de los Caballeros, Minister of War, and as a deputy of the Congress of the Dominican Republic. He was born to father Jacinto Pimentel and mother Juana Chamorro. He died sick and without any money in Quartier-Morin, Haiti in 1874.

See also

• Dominican Restoration War
• Six Years' War
• Santiago Rodríguez Masagó.

References

• Antonio Pimentel Biography at the Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana

External links

• Works by or about Pedro Antonio Pimentel at the Internet Archive