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Vilma Espín

1930 - 2007

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Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois (7 April 1930 – 18 June 2007) was a Cuban revolutionary, feminist, and chemical engineer. She helped supply and organize the 26th of July Movement as an underground spy, and took an active role in many branches of the Cuban government from the conclusion of the revolution to her death. Espín helped found the Federation of Cuban Women and promoted equal rights for Cuban women in all spheres of life. As the wife of Raúl Castro and the sister-in-law of Fidel Castro, she was essentially the First Lady of Cuba for about 45 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilma Espín is the 6,332nd most popular politician (down from 6,208th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 30th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Cuban Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vilma Espín ranks 6,332 out of 19,576. Before her are Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Mithridates III of Pontus, Empress Dowager Longyu, Fulk I, Count of Anjou, Khentkaus I, and Ōkuma Shigenobu. After her are As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona, Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Kaliman I of Bulgaria, and Michel Djotodia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Vilma Espín ranks 125. Before her are Robert Atkins, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, Harvey Milk, and Walter Bonatti. After her are Barbara, Ilon Wikland, Don L. Lind, Sonny Rollins, Stephen Smale, and Akiyuki Nosaka. Among people deceased in 2007, Vilma Espín ranks 79. Before her are Jean-Marie Lustiger, Ettore Sottsass, Lois Maxwell, Bob Denard, Khun Sa, and Atle Selberg. After her are Ashraf Marwan, Kiichi Miyazawa, Mary Douglas, Hrant Dink, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, and Robert Jordan.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Vilma Espín ranks 26 out of 300. Before her are Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Teófilo Stevenson (1952), Rita Marley (1946), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Gerardo Machado (1871), and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819). After her are Aleida March (1936), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Ramón Grau (1881), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Wifredo Lam (1902), and Sergio Oliva (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Vilma Espín ranks 11. Before her are Emilio Mola (1887), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819). After her are Aleida March (1936), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Ramón Grau (1881), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Sergio Oliva (1941), and Mel Martínez (1946).

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