Jorge Luis Echarte

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Jorge Luis Echarte Mazorra (17 February 1891 in Havana, Cuba - UNK) was a Cuban architect and engineer. He served as the Cuban Minister of Public Works (1935-1936) and as the Foreign Minister (1936-1937) during the presidency of Jose Barnet.

One of his most prominant project he designed was the home of Alberto de Armas on the Quinta Avenida in 1926, which in 2008 was being restored.

He was married to Carmen Romero Ochoterena and they had three children: Maria Teresa, Luis, and Jorge Echarte Romero.

[edit] References and external links

  • 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)
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