Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and politician who was the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as a military dictator ...
Fulgencio Batista, soldier and political leader who twice ruled Cuba—first in 1933–44 with an efficient government and again in 1952–59 as a dictator, ...
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Fulgencio Batista
Former President of Cuba
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and politician who was the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as a military dictator from 1952 until his overthrow in the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Wikipedia
Born: January 16, 1901, Banes, Cuba
Died: August 6, 1973 (age 72 years), Málaga, Spain
Previous offices: President of Cuba (1952–1959), Prime Minister of Cuba (1952–1952), Member of the Cuban Senate (1948–1952), and more
Presidential terms: March 10, 1952 – January 1, 1959 and October 10, 1940 – October 10, 1944
Grandchild: Raoul G. Cantero III
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The villain of pre-Castro Cuba, Batista began his political career as a hero. As a young sergeant in 1933, he led non-commissioned officers in a rebellion ...
President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, who threatened two days ago to take the field and bolster the morale of his men; changed his mind last night and abdicated.
In 1921 he joined the army as a private, and in 1932 he became a military tribunal stenographer with the rank of sergeant.
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This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939.
Batista ran for president again in 1952, but distrusting his prospects of winning, organised the second successful coup of his career.
Batista seized power by a bloodless coup in 1952 and, despite his having been elected (without opposition) to a regular presidential term in 1954.