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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)
(to 26 Mar 1962 Integrated Revolutionary Organizations [ORI];
26 Mar 1962 - 3 Oct 1965 United Party of the Cuban Socialist
Revolution [PURSC])
Jul 1961 -
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
(b. 1926)
31 Jul 2006 -
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz
(b. 1931)
(acting for Fidel Castro)
De facto ruler
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Oct 1940 Rubén Fulgencio Batista
y Zaldívar (b. 1901 - d. 1973) Mil
Lieutenant governors
1511 - 1524
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
(b. 1465 - d. 1524)
1524 - 1526
Juan Altamirano
1526 - 1531
Gonzalo de Guzmán
1531 - 1532
Juan de Vadillo
1532 - 1535
Manuel de Rojas
Governors
1535 - 1538
Gonzalo de Guzmán
1538 - 1542
Hernando de Soto
(b. c.1498 - d. 1542)
1544 - 1546
Juan de Ávila
1546 - 1548
Antonio de Cháves
1549 - 1555
Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo
1556 - 1565
Diego de Mazariegos
1565 - 1567
Francisco García Osorio
1567 - 1574
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
(b. 1519 - d. 1574)
1575 - 1577
Gabriel Montalvo
1577 - 1579
Francisco Carreño
Governors and Captains-general
1579 - 1584
Gaspar de Torres
1584 - 1589
Gabriel de Luján
1589 - 1593
Juan de Tejeda
1593 - 1602
Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo
1602 - 1608
Pedro Vadés
1608 - 1616
Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda
1616 - 1619
Sancho de Alquiza
1620 - 1624
Francisco de Venegas
1624 - 1626
Damián Velásquez de Contreras
1626 - 1630
Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera
1630 - 1634
Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra
1634 - 1639
Francisco Riaño y Gamboa
1639 - 1647
Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento
1647 - 1653
Diego de Villalba y Toledo,
marqués de Campo
1653 - 1654
Francisco Xelder
1654 - 1656
Juan de Montanos Blázquez
1656 - 1658
Diego Rangel
1658 - 1663
Juan de Salamanca
1663 - 1664
Rodrigo de Flores y Aldana
1664 - 1670
Francisco Oregón y Gascón
1670 - 1680
Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma
1680 - 1685
José Fernandez Córdoba Ponce
de León
1685 - 1687
Manuel de Murguia y Mena
1687 - 1589
Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa
1689 - 1696
Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y
Rozas
1696 - 1702
Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega,
(b. 16.. - d. 1720)
marqués del Vado
20 Sep 1702 - 4 Dec 1704 Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo (b. 16.. - d. 1705)
4 Dec 1704 - 13 May 1706 Nicolás Chirino de Vandevale (b. 16.. - d. 1710)
(acting)
13 May 1706 - 8 Jun 1706 Pedro Álvarez de Villamarín (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
8 Jun 1706 - 18 Jan 1708 Luis Chacón y Castellón (1st time) (b. 1670 - d. 1716)
(acting)
18 Jan 1708 - 18 Feb 1711 Laureano José de Torres
Ayala y
(b. 1645 - d. 1722)
Quadros Castellanos, marqués de
Casa Torres
18 Feb 1711 - 26 May 1711 Luis Chacón y Castellón (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
26 May 1711 - 23 Aug 1717 Vicente de Raja
(b. 16.. - d. 1717)
23 Aug 1717 - 23 Jun 1718 Gómez Maraver Ponce de León
(interim)
23 Jun 1718 - 29 Sep 1724 Gregorio Guazo y Calderón
(b. 1675 - d. 1726)
Fernández de la Vega
29 Sep 1724 - 18 Mar 1734 Dionisio Martínez de la Vega (b. 167. - d. 1741)
18 Mar 1734 - 22 Apr 1746 Juan Francisco de Güemes y
(b. 1681 - d. 1776)
Horacitas
Gordón de Saenz de
Villamolinedo, conde de
Revillagigedo
22 Apr 1746 - 21 Jul 1746 Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes (b. 169. - d. 1746)
21 Jul 1746 - 9 Jun 1747 Diego Peñalosa (acting)
9 Jun 1747 - 18 May 1760 Francisco Antonio Cajigal de la (b. 1695 - d. 1777)
Vega
18 May 1760 - 7 Feb 1761 Pedro Alonso (acting) (b. 171. - d. 1766)
7 Feb 1761 - 13 Aug 1762 Juan de Prado Mayeza Portocarrero (b. 1716 - d. 17..)
y Luna
13 Aug 1762 - 1 Jan 1763 George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle
(b. 1724 - d. 1772)
1 Jan 1763 - 8 Jul 1763 William Keppel,
Earl of Albemarle (b. 1727 - d. 1782)
8 Jul 1763 - 27 Jun 1765 Ambrosio Funes Villalpando Abarca (b. 1720 - d. 1780)
de Bolea, conde de Ricla
27 Jun 1765 - 24 Jul 1765 Diego Antonio Manrique (b. 17.. - d. 1765)
24 Jul 1765 - 11 Mar 1766 Pascual Jiménez de Cisneros (b. 1709 - d. 1784)
(acting)
11 Mar 1766 - 14 Aug 1771 Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (b. 1717 -
d. 1779)
Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega
14 Aug 1771 - 18 Nov 1771 Diego José Navarro y García de (b. 1708 - d. 1784)
Valladares (1st time) (acting)
18 Nov 1771 - 12 Jun 1777 Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, (b. 1725 - d. 1784)
marqués de la Torre
12 Jun 1777 - 12 Feb 1782 Diego José Navarro García de (s.a.)
Valladares (2nd time)
12 Feb 1782 - 29 Dec 1782 Juan Manuel de Cajigal y (b. 1739 - d. 1811)
Montserrat
29 Dec 1782 - 1 Feb 1785 Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
(b. 1721 - d. 1793)
5 Apr 1785 - 7 Apr 1785 Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y (b. 1746 - d. 1786)
Galardo, conde Gálvez
7 Apr 1785 - 1 Dec 1785 Bernardo Troncoso y Martínez del (b. 1730 - d. 1804)
Rincón (interim)
1 Dec 1785 - 18 Apr 1789 José Manuel Ignacio Timoteo de
(b. 1741 - d. 1823)
Ezpeleta Galdeano
18 Apr 1789 - 8 Jul 1790
Domingo Cabello y Robles
(b. c.1725 - d. 1801)
8 Jul 1790 - 6 Dec 1796 Luis de las Casas y Arragorri (b. 1745 -
d. 1800)
6 Dec 1796 - 13 May 1799 Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, (b. 1740 - d. 1820)
conde de Santa Clara
13 May 1799 - 14 Apr 1812 Salvador de Muro y Salazar, (b. 1754 - d. 1813)
marqués de Someruleos
14 Apr 1812 - 1 Jul 1816 Juan Ruíz de Apodaca y Eliza (b. 1754 - d. 1835)
1 Jul 1816 - 29 Aug 1819 José María González de Cienfuegos (b. 1763 - d. 1825)
y Jovellanos
29 Aug 1819 - 3 Mar 1821 Juan Manuel Cajigal y Niño (b. 1754 - d. 1823)
3 Mar 1821 - 13 Jul 1822 Nicolás de Mahy y Romo (b. 1757 - d. 1822)
13 Jul 1822 - 2 May 1823 Sebastián Kindelán
y Oregón (b. 1763 - d. 1836)
(acting)
2 May 1823 - 15 May 1832 Francisco Dionisio Vivés y Llanes (b. 1775 - d. 1840)
15 May 1832 - 1 Jun 1834 Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca (b. 1776 - d. 1846)
1 Jun 1834 - 20 Apr 1838 Miguel Tacón y Rosique, marqués
(b. 1775 - d. 1855)
de la Unión de Cuba
20 Apr 1838 - 10 Jan 1840
Joaquín de Ezpeleta y Enrile
(b. 1786 - d. 1863)
10 Jan 1840 - 7 Mar 1841 Pedro Alcántara Téllez Girón y
(b. 1776 - d. 1851)
Pimentel, principe de Anglona
7 Mar 1841 - 13 Sep 1843 Jerónimo Valdés y Sierra, conde
(b. 1784 - d. 1855)
de Villaria
13 Sep 1843 - 20 Oct 1843 Francisco Javier de Ulloa y (b. 1777 - d. 1855)
Ramírez de Laredo (acting)
20 Oct 1843 - 20 Feb 1848 Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, (b. 1809
- d. 1867)
conde de Lucena
20 Feb 1848 - 11 Nov 1850 Federico Roncali y Ceruti, (b. 1801? - d. 1857)
conde de Alcoy
11 Nov 1850 - 16 Apr 1852 José Gutiérrez de la Concha y (b.
1809 - d. 1895)
Irigoyen (1st time)
16 Apr 1852 - 3 Dec 1853 Valentín Cañedo
y Miranda (b. 1806 - d. 1856)
3 Dec 1853 - 21 Sep 1854
Juan Manuel González de la Pezuela (b. 1809 - d. 1906)
y Cabello
21 Sep 1854 - 24 Nov 1859 José Guitérrez de la Concha y (s.a.)
Irigoyen, marqués de la Habana
(2nd time)
24 Nov 1859 - 10 Dec 1862
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, (b.
1810 - d. 1885)
duque de la Torre
10 Dec 1862 - 30 May 1866
Domingo Dulce y Garay, marqués (b. 1808 - d. 1869)
de Florit (1st time)
30 May 1866 - 3 Nov 1866 Francisco
Alejandro de Lersundi y (b. 1817 - d. 1874)
Ormaechea Olabe y Bustinzuria
(1st time)
3 Nov 1866 - 24 Sep 1867 Joaquín
del Manzano y Manzano (b. 1805 - d. 1867)
24 Sep 1867 - 21 Dec 1867 Blas
Villate y de la Hera (b.
1824 - d. 1882)
(1st time)(acting)
21 Dec 1867 - 4 Jan 1869 Francisco
Alejandro de Lersundi y (s.a.)
Ormaechea Olabe y Bustinzuria
(2nd time)
4 Jan 1869 - 2 Jun 1869 Domingo Dulce
y Garay, marqués (s.a.)
de Florit (2nd time)
2 Jun 1869 - 28 Jun 1869 Felipe Ginovés del
Espinar
(acting)
28 Jun 1869 - 13 Dec 1870
Antonio Caballero y Fernández de (b. 1816 - d.
1876)
Rodas
13 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1872 Blas Villate y de la Hera, (s.a.)
conde de Balmaseda (2nd time)
11 Jul 1872 - 18 Apr 1873
Francisco Ceballos y Vargas (b. 1814 - d. 1883)
(acting)
18 Apr 1873 - 4 Nov 1873 Cándido Pieltaín y Jove-Huelgo (b. 1822 - d. 1888)
4 Nov 1873 - 6 Apr 1874 Joaquín Jovellar
y Soler (b. 1819
- d. 1892)
(1st time)
6 Apr 1874 - 1 Mar 1875 José Gutiérrez de la Concha y (s.a.)
Irgoyen, marqués de la Habana
(3rd time)
1 Mar 1875 - 8 Mar 1875 Buenaventura Carbó y Alcoy (b. 1819 - d. 18..)
(acting)
8 Mar 1875 - 18 Jan 1876 Blas
Villate y de la Hera,
(s.a.)
conde de Balmaseda (3rd time)
18 Jan 1876 - 17 Jun 1876 Joaquín
Jovellar y Soler (2nd time)(s.a.)
17 Jun 1876 - 5 Feb 1879 Arsenio
Martínez de Campos y (b.
1831 - d. 1900)
Antón (1st time)
5 Feb 1879 - 17 Apr 1879 Cayetano Figueroa y Garahoudo
(acting)
17 Apr 1879 - 28 Nov 1881
Ramón Blanco y Ereñas, (b. 1831 - d. 1906)
marqués de Peña Plata (1st time)
28 Nov 1881 - 4 Aug 1883
Luís Prendergast y Gordón, (b. 1823 - d. 1892)
marqués de la Victória de las Tunas
5 Aug 1883 - 28 Sep 1883 Tomás de Reyna y Reyna (acting) (b. 1821 - d. 1896)
28 Sep 1883 - 8 Nov 1884 Ignacio María del Castillo y Gill (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
de la Torre, conde de Bilbao
8 Nov 1884 - 5 Mar 1886 Ramón Fajardo y Izquierdo (b. 1826 - d. 1888)
5 Mar 1886 - 30 Mar 1886 Sabas Marín y González (1st time) (b. 1828 - d. 1901)
(acting)
30 Mar 1886 - 15 Jul 1887 Emilio Calleja y Isasi (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1906)
15 Jul 1887 - 13 Mar 1889 Sabas Marín y González (2nd time)
(s.a.)
13 Mar 1889 - 6 Feb 1890 Manuel Salamanca y Negrete
(b. 1831 - d. 1891)
6 Feb 1890 - 4 Apr 1890 José
Sánchez Gómez (acting)
4 Apr 1890 - 24 Aug 1890 José Chinchilla y Diez de Oñate (b. 1839 - d. 1898)
24 Aug 1890 - 20 Jun 1892 Camilo García de Polavieja y del (b. 1838 - d.
1914)
Castillo Negrete
20 Jun 1892 - 15 Jul 1893 Alejandro Rodríguez Arías y (b. 1838 - d. 1893)
Rodulfo
15 Jul 1893 - 16 Sep 1893 José
Arderius y García (acting)
16 Sep 1893 - 16 Apr 1895 Emilio Calleja y Isasi (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Apr 1895 - 11 Jan 1896 Arsenio Martínez de Campos y
(s.a.)
Antón (2nd time)
11 Jan 1896 - 31 Oct 1897 Valeriano Weyler
y Nicolau, (b. 1838 - d. 1930)
marqués de Tenerife
31 Oct 1897 - 30 Nov 1898 Ramón Blanco y Ereñas,
(s.a.)
marqués de Peña Plata (2nd time)
30 Nov 1898 - 1 Jan 1899 Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos y de (b. 1844 - d. 1929)
Tapia
Captain-general of Liberating Army of Cuba and in charge of its provisional government
10 Oct 1868 - 12 Apr 1869 Carlos Manuel Perfecto del Carmen
(b. 1819 - d. 1874) Mil
de Céspedes y del Castillo
Presidents
12 Apr 1869 - 27 Oct 1873 Carlos Manuel Perfecto del Carmen
(s.a.) Non-party
de Céspedes y del Castillo
27 Oct 1873 - 1 Jul 1875 Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt,
(b. 1848 - d. 1914) PC
marqués de Santa Lucía
(1st time) (interim)
1 Jul 1875 - 29 Mar 1876 Juan Bautista Spotorno y
(b. 1832 - d. 1917) PL
Georovich (interim)
29 Mar 1876 - 19 Oct 1877 Tomás Estrada Palma (1st
time) (b. 1835 - d. 1908) PL
19 Oct 1877 - 13 Dec 1877 Francisco Javier de Jesús
de (b. 1821 - d. 1903) PC
Céspedes y del Castillo (interim)
13 Dec 1877 - 10 Feb 1878 Vicente García y González
(b. 1833 - d. 1886) PC
10 Feb 1878 - 16 Mar 1878 Spanish control reasserted
16 Mar 1878 - 28 May 1878 Manuel de Jesús Calvar y
Odoardo (b. 1832 - d. 1895) PC
(president of Provisional Government)
28 May 1878 - 18 Sep 1895 Spanish control reasserted
18 Sep 1895 - 30 Oct 1897 Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt,
(s.a.)
PRC
marqués de Santa Lucía (2nd time)
(president of Government Council)
30 Oct 1897 - 7 Nov 1898 Bartolomé Masó
y Márquez
(b. 1830 - d. 1907) PRC
President of the Assembly of Representatives of the Cuban Revolution
7 Nov 1898 - 10 Nov 1898 Domingo Méndez Capote
(b. 1863 - d. 1933) PRC
Presidents of the Executive Council of the Assembly of
Representatives of the Cuban Revolution
10 Nov 1898 - 4 Apr 1899 Rafael María Portuondo
Tomayo (b. 1840 - d. 1908) Mil
4 Apr 1899 - 30 Jun 1899 José Lacret y Morlot
(b. 1848 - d. 1904) PRC
Governors
1 Jan 1899 - 23 Dec 1899 John Ruller Brooke
(b. 1838 - d. 1926)
23 Dec 1899 - 20 May 1902 Leonard Wood
(b. 1868 - d. 1927)
President
20 May 1902 - 28 Sep 1906 Tomás Estrada Palma (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Non-party/PM
Provisional Governors
29 Sep 1906 - 13 Oct 1906 William Howard Taft
(b. 1857 - d. 1930)
13 Oct 1906 - 28 Jan 1909 Charles Edward Magoon
(b. 1861 - d. 1920)
Presidents
28 Jan 1909 - 20 May 1913 José Miguel Gómez
y Gómez (b.
1858 - d. 1921) PL
20 May 1913 - 20 May 1921 Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco
(b. 1868 - d. 1941) PC
García Menocal y Deop
20 May 1921 - 20 May 1925 Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
(b. 1861 - d. 1934) PPC-LN
20 May 1925 - 24 Aug 1933 Gerardo Machado y Morales
(b. 1871 - d. 1939) PL
(left Cuba on 12 Aug 1933)
12 Aug 1933 - 13 Aug 1933 Alberto Herrera y Franchi
(b. 1874 - d. 1954) Mil
(provisional [acting for Machado])
13 Aug 1933 - 5 Sep 1933 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
y (b. 1871 - d. 1939) ABC
Quesada
(provisional [acting for Machado to 24 Aug 1933])
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Sep 1933 Executive Commission of
the
Provisional Government
- Ramón Grau San Martín
(b. 1887 - d. 1969) PRC
- Guillermo Francisco Leopoldo
(b. 1886 - d. 1958) PL
Portela y Möller
- José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio
(b. 1895 - d. 1968) PC
- Sergio Carbó y Morera
(b. 1891 - d. 1971) PPC-LN
- Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de
(b. 1878 - d. 1950) PL
la Campa
10 Sep 1933 - 15 Jan 1934 Ramón Grau San Martín
(1st time) (s.a.)
PRC
15 Jan 1934 - 18 Jan 1934 Carlos Hevia y de los Reyes
(b. 1900 - d. 1964) PRC
Gavilán (provisional)
18 Jan 1934 (hours) Carlos
Manuel Agustín Márquez (b.
1872 - d. 1934) Mil
Sterling y Loret de Mola (acting)
18 Jan 1934 - 11 Dec 1935 Carlos Mendieta y Montefur
(b. 1873 - d. 1960) UN
(provisional)
11 Dec 1935 - 20 May 1936 José Agripino Barnet y Vinageras
(b. 1864 - d. 1945) UN
(acting to 13 Dec 1935, provisional from 13 Dec 1935)
20 May 1936 - 24 Dec 1936 Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias
(b. 1889 - d. 1950) UN
24 Dec 1936 - 10 Oct 1940 Federico Laredo Brú
(b. 1875 - d. 1946) UN
10 Oct 1940 - 10 Oct 1944 Rubén Fulgencio Batista
y Zaldívar (s.a.)
CSD
(1st time)
10 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1948 Ramón Grau San Martín
(2nd time) (s.a.)
PRC-A
10 Oct 1948 - 10 Mar 1952 Carlos Prío Socarrás
(b. 1903 - d. 1977) PRC-A
10 Mar 1952 - 1 Jan 1959 Rubén Fulgencio Batista
y Zaldívar (s.a.)
Mil/PAU/PAP
(Chief of State to 4 Apr 1952; provisional
to 24 Feb 1955)
(2nd time)
14 Aug 1954 - 24 Feb 1955 Andrés Domingo Morales y
del (b. 1892 - d. 1979)
Castillo (acting for Batista)
1 Jan 1959 - 2 Jan 1959 Anselmo Alliegro y Milá
(acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1961) PP
(did not take office)
2 Jan 1959 (hours)
Carlos Manuel Piedra y Piedra (b. 1895? - d. 1988) Non-party
(interim) (did not take office)
2 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959 Manuel Urrutia Lleó
(b. 1901 - d. 1981) Non-party
18 Jul 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
(b. 1919 - d. 1983)ORI/PURSC/PCC
Presidents of the Council of State
3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
31 Jul 2006 -
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)
President of the Cabinet
1 Jan 1898 - 1898 José María
Gálvez Alonso
(b. 1834 - d. 1906) PAL
Premiers
10 Oct 1940 - 16 Aug 1942 Carlos Saladrigas y Zayas
(b. 1900 - d. 1956) CSD
16 Aug 1942 - 16 Mar 1944 Ramón Zaydín y Márquez
Sterling (b. 1895 - d. 1968) CSD
16 Mar 1944 - 10 Oct 1944 Anselmo Alliegro y Milá
(s.a.)
CSD
10 Oct 1944 - 13 Oct 1945 Félix Lancís Sánchez
(1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1976) PRC-A
13 Oct 1945 - 1 May 1947 Carlos Prío Socarrás
(s.a.)
PRC-A
1 May 1947 - 10 Oct 1948 Raúl López del
Castillo
PRC-A
10 Oct 1948 - 6 Oct 1950 Manuel Antonio de Varona y
Loredo (b. 1908 - d. 1992) PRC-A
6 Oct 1950 - 1 Oct 1951 Félix Lancís
Sánchez (2nd time) (s.a.)
PRC-A
1 Oct 1951 - 10 Mar 1952 Óscar B. Gans y López
Martínez (b. 1903 - d. 1965) PAU
10 Mar 1952 - 4 Apr 1952 Rubén Fulgencio Batista
y Zaldívar (s.a.)
Mil
24 Feb 1955 - 26 Mar 1957 Jorge García Montes
(b. 1898 - d. 1982) PAP
26 Mar 1957 - 6 Mar 1958 Andrés Rivero Agüero
(b. 1905 - d. 1997) PAP
6 Mar 1958 - 12 Mar 1958 Emilio Núñez
Portuondo
(b. 1898 - d. 1978) PAP
12 Mar 1958 - 1 Jan 1959 Gonzalo Güell y Morales
de los (b. 1895 - d. 1985) PAP
Ríos
5 Jan 1959 - 13 Feb 1959 José Miró Cardona
(b. 1902 - d. 1974) Non-party
16 Feb 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
(s.a.)
MR-26-7/ORI/
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
PURSC/PCC
3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
31 Jul 2006 -
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)
Territorial Dispute: U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to U.S., since 1903 and renewed 1934, and only mutual agreement or U.S. abandonment of the area can terminate the lease.
Party abbreviations: PCC = Partido Comunista de Cuba
(Communist Party of Cuba, communist,
authoritarian, former PUSC, -only legal party since 1965); Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: ABC = ABC Sociedad Revolucionaria
(A.B.C. Revolutionary Society, student and professionals opposed to Machado);
AR
= Acción Republicana (Republican Action);
MR-26-7 = Movemiento Revolucionario de 26 Julio (Revolutionary
Movement of Jul 26th, communist, F. Castro personalist, Jul 1961 joined
ORI); ORI = Organizaciones Revolucionarias Integradas (Integrated
Revolutionary Organizations, merger of MR-26-7, People's Socialist Party,
and Revolutionary Directory March 13th, communist, Jul 1961-62, from 26
Mar 1962 PUSC); PAL = Partido Liberal Autonomist (Autonomist Liberal Party, 1879-1898); PAP = Partido Acción Progresista (Progressive Action
Party); PAU = Partido Acción Unitaria (United Action Party,
pro-Batista 1952-59); PC = Partido Conservador (Conservative Party);
PCSD = Coalicion Socialista Democratico (Social Democratic
Coalition, pro-Batista, 1940-44);
PL = Partido Liberal (Liberal Party, liberal); PM
= Partido Moderato (Moderate Party, conservative);
PPC-LN = Partido
Popular Cubano-Liga Nacional (Cuban Popular Party-National League, conservative);
PP
= Partido Progresista (Progressive Party);
PRC = Partido Revolucionario
Cubano (Cuban Revolutionary Party);
PRC-A = Partido Revolucionaro
Cubano-Auténtico (Cuban Revolutionary Party-Authentic);
PURSC
= Partido Unido de la Revolución Socialista de Cuba (United Party of the
Cuban Socialist Revolution, communist, 26 Mar 1962-65 only legal party,
from 3 Oct 1965 PCC); UN = Unión Nacional (National Union)
Isle of Pines
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1 Jan 1899
Spain cedes colonial authority to U.S. (de jure 11 Apr 1899).
20 May 1902
Republic of Cuba independent from U.S. with status of the
Isle of Pines (Isla de Pinos) to be determined.
8 Apr 1907
U.S. Supreme Court rules (Pearcy v. Stranahan) that the island
is not a U.S. territory.
23 Mar 1925
U.S. Senate confirms Cuban sovereignty over the Isle of Pines by
Isle of Pines Treaty
(28 Jun 1978, renamed Isla de la Juventud)
Mayors
Aug 1899 - 19.. Juan Manuel Sánchez
190. - 19.. Benito Ortiz y Ortiz
19.. - 13 Mar 1925 ....
Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base
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Adopted 10 Dec 1903
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23 Feb 1903
U.S. leases naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba (the agreement
also gave the U.S. the right to establish another base
at
Bahía Honda, this area was however returned to Cuba
in 1912,
in exchange for larger facilities at Guantanamo Bay).
10 Dec 1903
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.
10 Dec 1913
Naval Station officially opens.
31 May 1934
Treaty affirms perpetual U.S. sovereignty (only mutual
agreement or U.S. abandonment of the area can terminate
the
lease), treaty is reaffirmed again in 1963.
1 Apr 1941
Renamed U.S. Naval Operating Base Guantanamo Bay.
18 Jun 1952
Renamed U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay.
Commandants
10 Dec 1903 - May 1904 William H. Allen
17 May 1904 - Sep 1906 Charles C. Rogers
8 Sep 1906 - Jul 1907 Albert A. Ackerman
Aug 1907 - May 1908 Clark
D. Stearns (acting)
May 1908 - April 1909 Charles H.
Harlow
May 1909 - Nov 1909 Myles
Joyce (acting)
Nov 1909 - Jan 1912 Walter
Ball
(b. 1872 - d. 1944)
18 Jan 1912 - Jun 1913 George W. Kline
Jun 1913 - Jan 1914 Merritt
S. Corning (acting)
Jan 1914 - Oct 1914 Hilary
Williams
Dec 1914 - May 1916 John
M. Luby
4 May 1916 - Sep 1917 Dudley Wright
Knox
(b. 1877 - d. 1960)
Sep 1917 - Nov 1918 E.E.
Wright
Dec 1918 - Sep 1920 Guy
Whitlock
(d. 1922?)
Sep 1920 - Jun 1921 John
J. Hannigan
Jun 1921 - May 1923 Robert
T. Menner
May 1923 - Jun 1924 Ward
K. Wortman
Jun 1924 - Jun 1926 Charles
M. Tozer
Jun 1926 - Aug 1928 Charles
C. Soule, Jr.
Aug 1928 - Jun 1930 Charles
S. McWhorter
Aug 1930 - Feb 1931 Alfred
Hart Miles
(b. 1883 - d. 1956)
Feb 1931 - May 1933 Thomas
L. Johnson
Jun 1933 - Jun 1934 Edward
C. Raguet
Jun 1934 - Apr 1936 Charles
"Saavy" M. Cooke Jr. (b. 1886 - d.
1970)
May 1936 - Jun 1938 Mark
L. Hersey, Jr.
Jun 1938 - Aug 1940 Worral
Reed Carter
Sep 1940 - Mar 1944 George
L. Weyler
Commanders
Apr 1944 - Oct 1944 Frank
Alfred Braisted
(b. 1889 - d. 1981)
Oct 1944 - Dec 1945 J.J.
Mahoney
Jan 1946 - May 1948 C.E.
Battle, Jr.
Jun 1948 - Jun 1950 W.K.
Phillips
Jun 1950 - Dec 1950 A.M.
Bledsoe
Dec 1950 - Jan 1953 M.E.
Murphy
Jan 1953 - Dec 1953 C.L.C.
Atkeson
(b. 1899 - d. 1975)
Feb 1954 - Sep 1955 E.B.
Taylor
Sep 1955 - Oct 1956 W.G.
Cooper
Dec 1956 - Nov 1958 R.B.
Ellis
Nov 1958 - Oct 1960 Frank
W. Fenno
(b. 1902 - d. 1973)
Nov 1958 - Oct 1960 E.J.
O'Donnell
Dec 1960 - Dec 1962 Edward J. O'Donnell
(b. 1907 - d. 1991)
Dec 1962 - Dec 1963 J.W.
Davis
Dec 1963 - Jun 1966 John
Duncan Bulkeley
(b. 1911 - d. 1996)
Jun 1966 - Jul 1968 E.R.
Crawford
Jul 1968 - Jun 1970 James
B. Hildreth
(b. 1920 - d. 2006)
Jun 1970 - Aug 1972 B.
McCauley
Aug 1972 - Jun 1973 Leo
B. McCuddin
(b. 1917 - d. 1983)
Jun 1973 - Jul 1975 Ralph
M. Ghormley
Jul 1975 - Jun 1977 J.H.
McConnell
Jun 1977 - Feb 1979 D.W.
DeCook
Feb 1979 - Mar 1981 John
H. Fetterman, Jr.
(b. 1932 - d. 2006)
Mar 1981 - Oct 1983 M.D.
Fitzgerald
Oct 1983 - Oct 1985 R.A.
Allen
Oct 1985 - Apr 1988 John
R. Condon
Apr 1988 - Jun 1990 John
S. Boyd
Jun 1990 - Aug 1992 W.C.
McCamy, Jr.
Aug 1992 - Sep 1994 W.M.
DeSpain
Sep 1994 - Sep 1995 James
F. Boland, Jr.
Sep 1995 - Apr 1997 Jim
Cannon
Apr 1997 - 12 May 2000 Larry E. Larson
12 May 2000 - 27 Mar 2003 Robert A. Buehn
(b. 1951?)
27 Mar 2003 - 9 Jul 2005 Leslie J. McCoy
9 Jul 2005 - 22 Sep 2005 Lawrence S. Cotton, Jr.
(b. 1956?)
22 Sep 2005 - 25 Sep 2008 Mark M. Leary
(b. 1958?)
25 Sep 2008 - Steven H. Blaisdell
Territorial Dispute: Claimed by Cuba; leased to U.S. renewed
1934, and only mutual agreement
or U.S. abandonment of the area can terminate the lease.
©2000 Ben Cahoon