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Carlos Prío Socarrás

1903 - 1977

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Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos maˈnwel ˈpɾjo sokaˈras]; July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections. He went into exile in the United States, where he lived for 25 years before dying by suicide at age 73. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Prío Socarrás is the 13,014th most popular politician (up from 13,549th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Cuba (up from 100th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Cuban Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carlos Prío Socarrás ranks 13,014 out of 19,576Before him are Æthelheard of Wessex, Nikolai Podvoisky, Guaram I of Iberia, Haakon the Young, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, and Juan Carlos Varela. After him are Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Juan Mora Fernández, Saadet I Giray, Emil Welti, Labotas, and Álvaro Noboa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Carlos Prío Socarrás ranks 196Before him are Ivan Galamian, Georgy Beriev, Ary Barroso, Gerhard Schrader, Anne Revere, and Leo Huberman. After him are Dean Jagger, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Alejandro Casona, Julio Antonio Mella, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, and Johann Horvath. Among people deceased in 1977, Carlos Prío Socarrás ranks 157Before him are Konstantin Fedin, Pascual Pérez, Alice Paul, Hugo Lahtinen, Betty Taylor, and Héctor Méndez. After him are Otto Deßloch, Bobojon Ghafurov, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, José Perácio, Siegfried Buback, and André Labatut.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Carlos Prío Socarrás ranks 91 out of 300Before him are Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Félix Savón (1967), Alberto Bayo (1892), Benny Moré (1919), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), and Chelo Alonso (1933). After him are Dave Lombardo (1965), Manuel Díaz (1874), Julio Antonio Mella (1903), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), José Nápoles (1940), and Federico Laredo Brú (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Carlos Prío Socarrás ranks 31Before him are José Miguel Gómez (1858), Celia Sánchez (1920), Ramón Castro Ruz (1924), Mario García Menocal (1866), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), and José Miró Cardona (1902). After him are Julio Antonio Mella (1903), Federico Laredo Brú (1875), Calixto García (1839), Mariela Castro (1962), Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861), and Carlos Mendieta (1873).