Guillermo Aguilera Sanchez | |
Office: | Cuban Senator from Camagüey |
Term Start: | 1954 |
Term End: | Jan 1959 |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1901 |
Birth Place: | Camagüey, Cuba |
Death Date: | 25 September 1983 |
Death Place: | Palm Beach, Florida |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Spouse: | Elena Pollack Casuso |
Guillermo Bernabe Aguilera y Sanchez (8 April 1901 in Camagüey, Cuba - 25 September 1983) was a Cuban politician and businessman.
Aguilera was a Senator from Camagüey from 1954 until 1959. He was one of the largest rice growers in Cuba. He was the owner of Finca San Antonio (Plantation San Antonio) which was 1000 caballerias (33,200 acres) with 600 caballarias (19,920 acres) dedicated to growing rice.[1] In 1953, he purchased 1700 cabillarias (56,440 acres) for $750,000.[2] He was also the owner of a rice mill company "Molino de Arroz, S.A.".[1]
Aguilera was married to Elena Pollack Casuso (1911–1966), the daughter of Mark A. Pollack, a tobacco exporter. They had three children: Alina, Elena, and Guillermo Bernabe Aguillera-Pollack.He was the brother-in-law of the Mercedes de la Torre y Alcoz, Marquesa de Arcos and grand-uncle of the South Florida radio personality, Henry Pollack.