Federico Laredo Brú
Federico Laredo Brú ( born April 23, 1875 in San Juan de los Remedios, Cuba, † 1946 in Havana, Cuba ) was a Cuban lawyer, Colonel of the Cuban independence movement against Spain (1897 /98) and President of the Republic of Cuba ( 1936-40 ).
Federico Laredo doctorate in 1895, Doctor of Laws. 1897/98 he took over as Colonel of the Cuban Liberation Army participate in the guerrilla war against the Spanish colonial power.
In 1900 he became secretary and in 1907 president of the Provincial Court of Santa Clara. In 1910 he became a prosecutor in Havana.
His political career began in Laredo as secretary of state under the presidency of General José Miguel Gómez. After leaving that office, he opened a law office in Cienfuegos ( 1913-1930 ). He led the movement of the " veterans and patriots", which had been formed against the corrupt presidency of Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso. In 1933, after the fall of the dictator Gerardo Machado Morales, he became Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada, later Vice President under Miguel Mariano Gómez.
On 24 December 1936 he replaced the deposed by Parliament from Gómez as the new president. As president, he stood in the shadow of the actual ruler, head of the army and later dictator Fulgencio Batista.
He was one of the founders of the Partido Unión Nacionalista ( Party of National Unity ) and the Legión de Hierro del Nacionalismo ( Iron Nationalist Legion ).
Laredo Brú was instrumental in the constitution of the Cuban penal code.
Carlos M. de Cespedes | Salvador C. Betancourt | Juan B. Spotorno | Tomás Estrada Palma | Francisco J. de Céspedes | Vicente García | Manuel de Jesús Calvar | Salvador Cisneros Betancourt | Bartolomé Maso | Tomás Estrada Palma | José Miguel Gómez | Mario García Menocal | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | Gerardo Machado y Morales | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada | La Pentarquía ( Ramón Grau San Martín, Guillermo Portela, Jose Miguel Irizarri, Sergio Carbó, Porfirio Franca ) | Ramón Grau San Martín | Carlos Hevia | Manuel Márquez Sterling | Carlos Mendieta y Montefur | José A. Barnet | Miguel Mariano Gómez | Federico Laredo Brú | Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar | Ramón Grau San Martín | Carlos Prio Socarrás | Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar | Anselmo Alliegro y Mila | Manuel Urrutia Lleó | Osvaldo Torrado Dorticós | Fidel Castro Ruz | Raúl Castro Ruz
- Politicians (Cuba)
- Politicians ( 20th century)
- President ( Cuba)
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- Cuban
- Born 1875
- Died in 1946
- Man
- Lawyer (Cuba)