Gonzalo Güell Explained

Office:Prime Minister of Cuba
Order:13th
Birth Date:16 February 1895
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
President:Fulgencio Batista
Predecessor:Emilio Núñez
Successor:José Miró
Term Start:March 12, 1958
Term End:January 1, 1959
Office2:Foreign Minister of Cuba
Term Start2:1956
Term End2:1959
Predecessor2:Carlos Saladrigas
Successor2:Roberto Agramonte
Death Place:Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.

Gonzalo Güell y Morales de los Ríos (February 16, 1895, in Havana, Cuba – September 2, 1985, in Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.) was a Cuban lawyer and a career diplomat (1919–1959).

Career

Guell was Foreign Minister of Cuba from 1956 to 1959 and Prime Minister of Cuba from March 12, 1958, to January 1, 1959. He also served as the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Norway and the United Nations.

He was one of the 40 persons that flew with Fulgencio Batista to the Dominican Republic on New Year's Eve 1959 when Fidel Castro took over Cuba.

Personal life

He was married three times. Two of his wives were Francisca Pubill and Juana Inigo. He had one daughter.

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