Carlos Saladrigas Zayas

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
1st Prime Minister of Cuba
In office
10 October 1940  16 August 1942
President Fulgencio Batista
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Ramón Zaydín
Personal details
Born 13 October 1900
Havana, Cuba
Died 15 April 1956 (aged 55)
Havana, Cuba
Political party Popular Socialist Party
Spouse(s) María González-Llorente
Esperanza Plasencia
Cusa Carrillo
Children 2
Profession Lawyer

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (Carlos Eduardo Ramón Saladrigas y Zayas; October 13, 1900 in Havana, Cuba 15 April 1956 in Miramar, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban politician and diplomat.

He was an abogado-notario who served as Senator (1936-1940), Minister of Justice (1934), Foreign Minister (1933) and (1955-1956), Prime Minister of Cuba (1940-1942), Ambassador to Great Britain, and presidential candidate in the elections of 1944.

He was the son of Enrique Saladrigas Lunar and María Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, María de las Mercedes González-Llorente y Martínez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y González-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso and lastly Cusa Carrillo.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Office established
Prime Minister of Cuba
10 October 1940 – 16 August 1942
Succeeded by
Ramón Zaydín
Preceded by
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Foreign Minister of Cuba
1933
Succeeded by
Manuel Márquez Sterling
Preceded by
Andrés Domingo
Foreign Minister of Cuba
1955-1956
Succeeded by
Gonzalo Güell


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