Anselmo Alliegro y Milá

Anselmo Alliegro y Mila ( born December 8, 1899 in Yaguajay, † November 22, 1961 in New York City ) was a Cuban lawyer and politician, from 1st to January 2, 1959 Executive President of Cuba.

Life

Throughout his political career, first in the Liberal Party ( Partido Liberal ) and later in the Progressive Party ( Partido Progresista ), he has held the following offices: Mayor of Baracoa, Member of Parliament, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Education, Housing Minister, Prime Minister (1944 ) and Senate President.

At the age of only 20 he won in 1920 for the first time the elections to the Cuban House of Representatives and was the youngest democratically elected parliamentarians in the history of Cuba. He belonged to the Liberal Party Gerardo Machado, who in 1925 was elected by a large majority to the presidency, but later established an authoritarian regime, which was overthrown in 1933 by the democratic revolution. In consequence of the revolution Alliegro was exiled, which he spent in New York. Later he returned to Cuba and continued his political career. After he came during the first presidency of Batista (1940-1944), first as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet, he later led at times three ministries and the Office of the Prime Minister at the same time.

Before Fulgencio Batista in the face of imminent defeat of his troops against the US-led Fidel Castro rebel army in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 1959 hastily left the country, he handed Alliegro, president of the Cuban Senate was at this time that his resignation. Alliegro took over then -executive office of the president. The former vice president, Gonzalo Güell y Morales de los Ríos, was already a few weeks earlier resigned after his election as mayor from office. On 2 January, joined Alliegro, who had been a political ally of Batista, back by the Office of the Executive President. On January 3, put the rebel army Manuel Urrutia as the new president.

Alliegro was the son of Italian immigrant Miguel Alliegro Esculpino and those coming from Catalonia Donatila Mila. He was married to his second wife Ana Durán, with whom he had a son. From his first marriage he had a daughter.