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Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the ...
- Guillermo Alonso Pujol
- Ramón Grau
- July 14, 1903, Bahia Honda, Cuba
- Fulgencio Batista
Apr 6, 1977 · MIAMI BEACH, April 5—Carlos Prio Socarrás, President of Cuba from 1948 to 1952, died here today apparently of a self‐inflicted bullet wound. According to the police, the 74‐year‐old Dr ...
Apr 3, 2024 · prime minister (1945-1947), Cuba. Carlos Prío Socarrás (born July 14, 1903, Bahía Honda, Cuba—died April 5, 1977, Miami Beach, Fla., U.S.) was the president of Cuba (1948–52). Prío became politically active while a law student at the University of Havana, spending two years in prison for his anti-government activities.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Standing in the back of the church, Jorge Más Canosa, 33-year-old president of the Cuban Representation of Exiles, somberly reflected on the impact of Prió's death. "The death of Carlos Prío leaves a giant vacuum in the Cuban exile leadership that will be impossible to fill," Canosa said. "It is a major setback in the struggle for a free Cuba."
Mar 12, 2022 · Cuba's last legitimately elected president, Carlos Prio Socarras, was voted in by Cubans in free and fair elections on July 1, 1948 and assumed office on October 10, 1948. He was a democrat, who respected civil liberties, and presided over years of prosperity and freedom for Cubans.
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Carlos Prio Socarrás, last elected president of Cuba, was born in Bahía Honda, Cuba on 14th July 1903. Prio became involved in politics while a law student at the University of Havana. He spent two years in prison for his anti-government activities. After his release he took part in the coup that deposed Gerardo Machado’s dictatorship in ...
Mar 10, 2015 · Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections. He went into exile in ...