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Fulgencio Batista

1901 - 1973

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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and dictator who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of the Sergeants. He ruled Cuba as a military dictator until his overthrow in the Cuban Revolution in 1959. He served as president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and again from 1952 to his 1959 resignation. Batista first came to prominence in the Revolt of the Sergeants, which overthrew the provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fulgencio Batista is the 678th most popular politician (down from 487th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Cuba and the 3rd most popular Cuban Politician.

Fulgencio Batista was the dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959. He was overthrown by Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.

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Among politicians, Fulgencio Batista ranks 678 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, John Hunyadi, Manuel I of Portugal, Constantius II, and Harald Fairhair. After him are Horemheb, John II of France, Xanthippe, Constantine II of Greece, Menes, and Franjo Tuđman.

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Among people born in 1901, Fulgencio Batista ranks 11. Before him are Enrico Fermi, Sukarno, Louis Armstrong, Rudolf Höss, Jacques Lacan, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Gary Cooper, and Princess Märtha of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1973, Fulgencio Batista ranks 11. Before him are David Ben-Gurion, Salvador Allende, Erich von Manstein, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Pearl S. Buck. After him are W. H. Auden, Walter Ulbricht, İsmet İnönü, J. Hans D. Jensen, Ivan Konev, and Paavo Nurmi.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Fulgencio Batista ranks 3 out of 300. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), and Raúl Castro (1931). After him are José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Alberto Korda (1928), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Andy García (1956), and Gloria Estefan (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Fulgencio Batista ranks 3. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), and Raúl Castro (1931). After him are Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Emilio Mola (1887), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), and Aleida March (1936).

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