Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973.

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973.

Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Batista, Fulgencio

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista, Fulgencio

Batista Zaldívar, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista Zaldívar, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Batista, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Baptista, Fulgencio

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Baptista, Fulgencio

Zaldivar, Fulgencio Batista y-

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldivar, Fulgencio Batista y-

Zaldívar Fulgencio Batista 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldívar Fulgencio Batista 1901-1973

Battista Zaldívar Fulgencio 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Battista Zaldívar Fulgencio 1901-1973

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista 1901-1973

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y, 1901-1973

Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, Pres. Cuba, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, Pres. Cuba, 1901-1973

Zaldivar, Fulgencio Batista y., 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldivar, Fulgencio Batista y., 1901-1973

Battista Zaldívar, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Battista Zaldívar, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y, 1901-1973

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, Pres. Cuba, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, Pres. Cuba, 1901-1973

Zaldivar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldivar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Zaldívar, Fulgencio Batista y

Battista, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Battista, Fulgencio 1901-1973

Genders

Exist Dates

Exist Dates - Date Range

1901-01-16

1901-01-16

Birth

1973-08-06

1973-08-06

Death

Show Fuzzy Range Fields

Biographical History

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was born in Banes, in the province of Oriente, Cuba, January 16, 1901. Of very humble origins, Batista worked from an early age. An avid reader, he attended public school and Colegio Los Amigos, an American Quaker school, but was primarily a self-educated man. He held a few jobs and in 1921 he joined the Cuban Army. By 1932, he was a military court stenographer with the rank of sergeant major. On September 4 1933, Batista led the so called "sergeant's revolt", taking control of the Army under a series of short lived governments. As "Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ej́ército" (Army Chief of Staff) for the next seven years, Batista increased the size and consolidated the power of the army and suppressed a number of uprisings. In October of 1940, in the first elections after the inception of a new constitution, Batista was elected president. Succeeded by Ramón Grau San Martín, who won the 1944 elections, Batista left the country. In the 1948 elections in which Carlos Prío Socarrás was elected president Batista, still living in the United States, was elected senator for the province of Las Villas. On March 10, 1952 Batista staged a military coup overthrowing the Prío presidency. His past democratic and pro-labor tendencies won him support from the financial sector and labor leaders. Among the opponents was Fidel Castro, who led an attack against the Moncada army installation in Santiago de Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow Batista's government on July 26, 1953. Castro was captured, brought to trial and sentenced to 15 years in prison. A year later Batista was again elected president. During the following years, post War economic prosperity grew to unprecedented levels. But growing opposition escalated to social unrest and violence. Castro, who was in exile after being freed in the 1955 amnesty, returned to Cuba and after another failed attack retreated to the mountains to wage a guerrilla war. By 1958 the general situation of the country had become difficult, opposition forces had grown in size and won a number of victories, and some of Batista's officials had deserted. On January 1, 1959, Batista resigned and flew to the Dominican Republic. In August of the same year, Batista moved to Portugal where he resided until his death in Marbella, Spain, on August 6, 1973. During those years he wrote extensively and corresponded with prominent literary and political figures including both former allies and adversaries.

From the description of The Fulgencio Batista Zaldívar Collection 1933-1973. (University of Miami). WorldCat record id: 184905056

eng

Latn

External Related CPF

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50007891

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10580495

https://viaf.org/viaf/24590058

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11270

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50007891

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50007891

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

spa

Zyyy

eng

Latn

Subjects

Nationalities

Cubans

Activities

Occupations

Legal Statuses

Places

Cuba

as recorded (not vetted)

AssociatedPlace

Convention Declarations

<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

w63v0hsw

58072786