Congress of Cuba explained

The Congress of Cuba (Spanish; Castilian: Congreso de Cuba) was the legislature of Cuba from 1902 until the Cuban Revolution of 1959.[1]

The Congress consisted of the 130-member Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) and the 54-member Senate (Cámara del Senado) on December, 1958.

The first Cuban Congress met for the first time on May 5, 1902. Generally, Congress held at least two sessions during a given year. Meetings were interrupted by the Second Occupation of Cuba after the session of September 28, 1906. Following the re-establishment of Cuban-based government in 1909 it met without interruption from January 13, 1909, until April 1933, a few months before President Gerardo Machado was overthrown. During the presidency of Ramon Grau the country's legislative apparatus was largely undertaken by Grau's administration under the auspices of the student revolutionary junta. Commencing with the provisional presidency of Carlos Mendieta a Consejo de estado (Council of State) undertook advisory legislative functions. The Council of State was abolished in April, 1936 when the Cuban Congress finally resumed its session after three years of inactivity.[2]

Presidents of the Senate 1902–1958

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Domingo Méndez Capote8 May 19025 April 1905[3]
Manuel Sanguily Garrite5 April 190511 April 1906
Ricardo Dolz Arango11 April 190628 September 1906
Martín Morúa Delgado18 January 19094 April 1910
Antonio Gonzalo Pérez4 April 191016 April 1913
Eugenio Sánchez Agramonte16 April 191310 April 1917
Ricardo Dolz Arango10 April 191720 April 1921
Aurelio Álvarez de la Vega20 April 19217 April 1925
Clemente Vázquez Bello7 April 192528 September 1932
Alberto Barrera Fernández30 September 193212 August 1933
Justo Luis Pozo del Puerto13 April 19361 September 1936
Arturo Illas Horroutinier1 September 19361 June 1937
Lucilo de la Peña Cruz1 June 193715 November 1937
Guillermo Alonso Pujol15 November 19377 September 1938
Santiago Verdeja Neyra7 September 193821 November 1940
Antonio Beruff Mendieta21 November 194017 February 1942
Guillermo Alonso Pujol17 February 194230 August 1943
José E. Bringuier Laredo30 August 194326 September 1944
Eduardo Suárez Rivas26 September 194412 December 1945
Miguel A. Suárez Fernández12 December 19456 October 1950
Manuel A. Varona Loredo6 October 195015 September 1952
Anselmo Alliegro Milá31 February 19551 January 1959[4]

Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives 1902–1958

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Pelayo García Santiago14 May 19023 November 1902[5] [6]
Rafael Portuondo y Tamayo18 November 19027 November 1903
Carlos de la Torre Huerta7 November 19034 April 1904
José A. Malberty8 July 19047 November 1904
Santiago García Cañizares9 November 190423 April 1906[7]
Fernando Freyre de Andrade24 April 190612 October 1906
Orestes Ferrara Marino18 April 19091914
José Antonio González Lanuza19141914
Ibrahim Urquiaga Arrastía30 August 19141915
Orestes Ferrara y Marino19 April 19151917[8]
Miguel Coyula Llaguno7 April 19171919
Santiago Verdeja Neyra19191923
Clemente Vázquez Bello19231925[9]
Ramón Zaydín11 April 19254 April 1927
Rafael Guas Inclán11 April 192724 August 1933
Carlos Márquez Sterling27 April 19363 February 1937
Antonio Martínez Fraga4 February 193718 April 1938
Antonio Bravo Acosta1937?
Marcelino Garriga Garay2 September 19381 April 1940
José A. Cardet Góngora24 June 194016 September 1940
Gustavo Gutiérrez Sánchez21 November 194027 October 1941
Carlos Márquez Sterling29 October 194119 October 1942
Néstor Carbonell Andricaín19 October 194227 September 1944[10]
Miguel A. de León Fuentes27 September 19441 October 1946
Rubén de León García1 October 194619 September 1948
Lincoln Rodón Alvarez4 October 19481952
Gastón Godoy y Loret de Mola19551 January 1959

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: varios, Autores. Constitución cubana de 1940. 1 January 2014. Linkgua digital. Google Books. 9788498971545.
  2. Web site: Cuba Vii. 1939.
  3. Book: Schroeder, Susan. Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Statistics. 15 April 1982. G.K. Hall. Google Books. 9780816182138.
  4. Web site: Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas. www.fidelcastro.cu.
  5. Web site: Diario de sesiones del Congreso de la Républica de Cuba. ufdc.ufl.edu.
  6. Web site: Compendio legislativo, 1902 a 1950. Cuba Congreso Cámara de. Representantes. 5 May 2019. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Ejército Libertador de Cuba, 1895-1898: antecedentes históricos, fotos y biografías de mayores generales y generales de división y brigadas, anexos informativos. Mario Riera. Hernández. 5 May 1985. EE.UU.. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Crónica cubana 1915-1918. León. Primelles. 15 April 2019. Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex. Internet Archive.
  9. Web site: El libro amarillo de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela: Presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones de ... Por el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores. 1924.
  10. Book: Jiménez, Guillermo. Los propietarios de Cuba 1958. 1 January 2006. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales. Google Books. 9789590608308.

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