Carlos Saladrigas Zayas Explained

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Order1:1st
Office1:Prime Minister of Cuba
Term Start1:10 October 1940
Term End1:16 August 1942
President1:Fulgencio Batista
Predecessor1:Position Established
Successor1:Ramón Zaydín
Birth Date:13 October 1900
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Death Date:15 April 1956 (aged 55)
Death Place:Havana, Cuba
Party:Popular Socialist Party
Spouse:María González-Llorente
Esperanza Plasencia
Cusa Carrillo
Children:2
Profession:Lawyer

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (Carlos Eduardo Ramón Saladrigas y Zayas; October 13, 1900 – 15 April 1956) was a Cuban politician and diplomat.

Career

He was an abogado-notario who served as Senator (1936-1940), Minister of Justice (1934), Foreign Minister (1933) and (1955-1956), Prime Minister of Cuba (1940-1942), Ambassador to Great Britain, and presidential candidate in the elections of 1944.

Personal life

He was the son of Enrique Saladrigas Lunar and María Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, María de las Mercedes González-Llorente y Martínez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y González-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso and lastly Cusa Carrillo.

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