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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar [a] [b] (born Rubén Zaldívar; [2] January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of the Sergeants.
This article lists the heads of state of Cuba from 1902 until the present day. ... Name (Birth–Death) Term Political party ... Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) 10 ...
Cuban revolutionaries call a General Strike to ensure governmental control [12] 2 January: Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos arrive in Havana. 5 January: Manuel Urrutia named President of Cuba 8 January: Fidel Castro arrives at Havana, speaks to crowds at Camp Columbia. 16 February: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba. March
This article lists the heads of government of Cuba from 1940 until the present day. ... Name (Birth–Death) Term ... Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) 10 March 1952: 4 ...
Jesús Sosa Blanco (December 25, 1907 – February 18, 1959) was a colonel in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista. After Fidel Castro came to power, Sosa was arrested and charged with having committed 108 murders for Batista.
In 1940, the Cuban general and politician Fulgencio Batista was elected under the provisions of the new constitution. After his term ended in 1944, he was not legally allowed to run for a consecutive term, so he stepped down and moved to Florida. Batista returned to Cuba in 1948 to run for a presidential term starting in 1952. [14]
January–February Many members of the Batista regime are judged, sentenced and executed by the new government. Many of these trials were held in stadiums with executions shortly after trial, with the accused denied legal counsel. February 16 Fidel Castro is named Prime Minister of Cuba, in substitution of José Miró Cardona.
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)