Manuel Márquez Sterling

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Manuel Márquez Sterling

President of Cuba
In office 18 January 1934 – 18 January 1934
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Carlos Hevia
Succeeded by	Carlos Mendieta
Personal details
Born	(1872-08-28)August 28, 1872 Lima, Peru
Died	December 9, 1934(1934-12-09) (aged 62) Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality	Cuban
Spouse(s)	Mercedes Márquez Sterling y Ziburo

Manuel Márquez Sterling (born Carlos Manuel Agustin Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola on August 28, 1872 in Lima, Peru – December 9, 1934, Washington, DC, United States) was a Cuban diplomat and President of Cuba for a few hours on January 18, 1934.

He was an attorney, was Ambassador of Cuba to Mexico and later to the United States. He was married to his cousin, Mercedes Márquez Sterling y Ziburo. His nephew was Carlos Márquez Sterling.

He tied for 16-17th in the Paris 1900 chess tournament (Emanuel Lasker won) played during the world exhibition.

References

Fulgencio Batista: Volume 1, From Revolutionary to Strongman, Argote-Freyre, Frank (Rutgers, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2006) ISBN 0-8135-3701-0
http://www.vitral.org/vitral/vitral51/cent.htm
http://www.endgame.nl/wfairs.htm
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)

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Hevia	President of Cuba January 18, 1934	Succeeded by Carlos Mendieta
Preceded by Carlos Saladrigas	Foreign Minister of Cuba 1933-1934	Succeeded by Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza

v t e Presidents of Cuba

Presidents	Estrada US occupation, 1906-09 J. Gómez García Zayas Machado Herrera (provisional) Céspedes Pentarchy of 1933 Grau Hevia* Márquez Sterling* Mendieta* Barnet* M. Gómez Laredo Batista Grau Prío Batista^ Alliegro* Piedra* Urrutia Dorticós

Presidents of the Council of State	Fidel Castro Raúl Castro

* interim ^Domingo acted as president during part of this term.

v t e Foreign Ministers of Cuba, 1933-Present

Saladrigas Márquez Sterling de la Torriente Barnet Echarte Cortina Remos de la Campa Cortina Martínez Santovenia Mañach Martínez Cuervo Álvarez Hevia Dihigo Suárez Gans Sánchez de la Campa Domingo Saladrigas Güell Agramonte Roa Malmierca Alarcón Robaina Pérez Roque Rodríguez

Authority control	VIAF: 100904477 ISNI: 0000 0000 7729 0027 SUDOC: 102521174

Persondata
Name	Sterling, Manuel Marquez
Alternative names
Short description	President of Cuba
Date of birth	1872-08-28
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Date of death	1934-12-09
Place of death	Washington, D.C., United States

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