Pentarchy of 1933
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Pentarchy of 1933 was a coalition that ruled Cuba from September 5 to September 10, 1933 after Gerardo Machado
Gerardo Machado
Gerardo Machado y Morales was President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence...

 was deposed on August 12, 1933. Prior to the Pentarchy, General Alberto Herrera
Alberto Herrera y Franchi
General Alberto Herrera y Franchi was the provisional President of Cuba from August 12 to August 13, 1933.General Herrera was the Army Chief of Staff during the presidency of Gerardo Machado...

 (August 12–13 , 1933) and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
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 (August 13 - September 5, 1933) served as President of Cuba
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.

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
    Ramón Grau
    Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...

     San Martin (1887–1969), faculty member at the University of Havana
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     School of Medicine
  • José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (1895–1968), an attorney
  • Guillermo Portela y Möller (1886–1958), faculty member at the University of Havana School of Law


The 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
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....

. 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.
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