- Pentarchy of 1933
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name =Pentarchy of 1933
caption =José M. Irisari, Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramon Grau, and Sergio Carbó “The Pentarchy” with Fulgencio Batista taken in 1933 puic|
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office = Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba
term_start =5 September 1933
term_end =10 September 1933
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predecessor =Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada
successor =Ramón Grau
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footnotes =Pentarchy of 1933 (also known as the Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba) was a coalition that ruled Cuba from September 5 to September 10, 1933 after
Gerardo Machado was deposed on August 12, 1933. Prior to the Pentarchy, General Alberto Herrera (August 12-13 , 1933) andCarlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 13 - September 5, 1933) served asPresident of Cuba .The members of the Pentarchy were:
* Sergio Carbó y Morera (1891-1971), journalist
* Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa (1878-1950), attorney, banker and economist
*Ramón Grau San Martin (1887-1969), faculty member at theUniversity of Havana School of Medicine
* José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (1895-?), an attorney
* Guillermo Portela y Möller (1886-1958), faculty member at the University of Havana School of LawThe first thing the Pentarchy did was to draft a proclamation which was written by Sergio Carbó and signed by eighteen civilians and one military man,
Fulgencio Batista . That proclamation was published in every Cuban newspaper the following day. Carbó later promoted Batista from a sergeant to colonel without notifying the other four. Later they were ousted by the Student Directory and Ramón Grau was named president.References
*Argote-Freyre, Frank. "Fulgencio Batista: Volume 1, From Revolutionary to Strongman." Rutgers University Press, Rutgers, New Jersey. ISBN 0-8135-3701-0. 2006.
*Chester, Edmund A. "A Sergeant Named Batista." Holt. ASIN|B0007DPO1U. 1954.
* "Nueva Historia de la Republica de Cuba (1898-1979)", Herminio Portell-Vila (Miami, Florida: La Moderna Poesia, Inc., 1996)
* cite book
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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