Anselmo Alliegro y Milá

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Anselmo Alliegro y Milá
Anselmo Alliegro y Milá

In office
January 1, 1959 – January 2, 1959
Preceded by Fulgencio Batista
Succeeded by Carlos M. Piedra

Born December 8, 1899
Yaguajay, Cuba
Died July 15, 1961
Miami, Florida

Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (8 December 1899- 15 July 1961) was a Cuban politician who served as the Acting President of Cuba for one day (January 1 - January 2, 1959) after the departure of General Fulgencio Batista from the country.

He previously held the position of President of the Cuban Senate in 1954 and 1959. He also served as Prime Minister of Cuba in 1944. He was also Mayor of the town of Baracoa, Representative in the Cuban Congress of 1925, 1940, 1945; Minister of Comerce 1942, Minister of Education, and Minister of Housing.

Alliegro was the son of an Italian, Miguel Alliegro Esculpino and a Catalana, Donatila Milá. He was married to Ana Durán with whom he had one child, Anselmo Alliegro Jr., He also had a daughter Rosa Maria, "Polita", from his previous marriage. And he adopted Ana Duran's son Alfredo G. Duran a product of his wife's first marriage.

[edit] References

  • Otero, Juan Joaquin (1954). Libro De Cuba, Una Enciclopedia Ilustrada Que Abarca Las Artes, Las Letras, Las Ciencias, La Economia, La Politica, La Historia, La Docencia, Y ElProgreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952.  (Spanish)
  • Jimenez, Guillermo (2006). Los Propietarios De Cuba 1958. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana, Cuba. ISBN 9590608302.  (Spanish)


Preceded by
Fulgencio Batista
President of Cuba
1959
Succeeded by
Carlos Manuel Piedra