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Fulgencio Batista
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President of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)
Fulgencio Batista was a Cuban military leader who served as president during the 1940s and then ruled as a dictator in the 1950s until his overthrow in 1959. He matters because his authoritarian regime and the conditions he created were central factors leading to the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro's rise to power, which shaped Caribbean and Cold War history.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fulgencio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Banes
- Place of death
- Marbella
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- President of Cuba
- Political party
- Progressive Action Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Participant in
- Cuban Revolution
- Conflict
- Cuban Revolution
- Military branch
- Revolutionary Army
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Fulgencio Batista, 1938.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fulgencio Batista
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1901-01-16
- date of death
- 1973-08-06
- place of burial
- San Isidro Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Fulgencio Batista
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
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