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The Congress of Cuba (Spanish : Congreso de Cuba) was the legislature of Cuba from 20 May 1902 until the Cuban Revolution of 1959. [1]

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The Congress consisted of the 130-member Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) and the 54-member Senate (Senado) in December 1958.

The first Cuban Congress met for the first time on May 5, 1902. Generally, Congress held at least two sessions during a given year. Meetings were interrupted by the Second Occupation of Cuba after the session of September 28, 1906. Following the re-establishment of Cuban-based government in 1909 it met without interruption from January 13, 1909, until April 1933, a few months before President Gerardo Machado was overthrown. During the presidency of Ramon Grau the country's legislative apparatus was largely undertaken by Grau's administration under the auspices of the student revolutionary junta. Commencing with the provisional presidency of Carlos Mendieta a Consejo de Estado (Council of State) undertook advisory legislative functions. The Council of State was abolished in April, 1936 when the Cuban Congress finally resumed its session after three years of inactivity. [2]

Presidents of the Senate 1902–1958

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Domingo Méndez Capote 8 May 19025 April 1905 [3]
Manuel Sanguily Garritte 5 April 190511 April 1906 [3]
Ricardo Dolz Arango 11 April 190628 September 1906 [3]
Martín Morúa Delgado 18 January 19094 April 1910 [3]
Antonio Gonzalo Pérez 4 April 191016 April 1913 [3]
Eugenio Sánchez Agramonte 16 April 191310 April 1917 [3]
Ricardo Dolz Arango 10 April 191720 April 1921 [3]
Aurelio Álvarez de la Vega 20 April 19217 April 1925 [3]
Clemente Vázquez Bello 7 April 192528 September 1932 [3]
Alberto Barrera Fernández 30 September 193212 August 1933 [3]
Justo Luis Pozo del Puerto 13 April 19361 September 1936 [3]
Arturo Illas Horroutinier 1 September 19361 June 1937 [3]
Lucilo de la Peña Cruz 1 June 193715 November 1937 [3]
Guillermo Alonso Pujol 15 November 19377 September 1938 [3]
Santiago Verdeja Neyra 7 September 193821 November 1940 [3]
Antonio Beruff Mendieta 21 November 194017 February 1942 [3]
Guillermo Alonso Pujol 17 February 194230 August 1943 [3]
José E. Bringuier Laredo 30 August 194326 September 1944 [3]
Eduardo Suárez Rivas 26 September 194412 December 1945 [3]
Miguel A. Suárez Fernández 12 December 19456 October 1950 [3]
Manuel A. Varona Loredo 6 October 195010 March 1952 [3]
Anselmo Alliegro Milá 28 January 19554 January 1959 [3] [4]

Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives 1902–1958

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Pelayo García Santiago 14 May 19023 November 1902 [5] [6]
Rafael Portuondo y Tamayo 18 November 19027 November 1903 [5] [6]
Carlos de la Torre Huerta 7 November 19034 April 1904 [6]
José A. Malberty 8 July 19047 November 1904 [6]
Santiago García Cañizares 9 November 190423 April 1906 [7] [6]
Fernando Freyre de Andrade 24 April 190612 October 1906 [6]
Orestes Ferrara Marino 18 April 19091914 [6]
José Antonio González Lanuza 19141914
Ibrahim Urquiaga Arrastía 30 August 19141915 [6]
Orestes Ferrara y Marino 19 April 19151917 [8]
Miguel Coyula Llaguno 7 April 19171919 [8] [6]
Santiago Verdeja Neyra 19191923
Clemente Vázquez Bello 19231925 [9]
Ramón Zaydín 11 April 19254 April 1927 [8] [6]
Rafael Guas Inclán 11 April 192724 August 1933 [8] [6]
Carlos Márquez Sterling 27 April 19363 February 1937 [6]
Antonio Martínez Fraga 4 February 193718 April 1938 [6]
Antonio Bravo Acosta 1937?
Marcelino Garriga Garay 2 September 19381 April 1940 [6]
José A. Cardet Góngora 24 June 194016 September 1940 [6]
Gustavo Gutiérrez Sánchez 21 November 194027 October 1941 [6]
Carlos Márquez Sterling 29 October 194119 October 1942 [6]
Néstor Carbonell Andricaín 19 October 194227 September 1944 [10] [6]
Miguel A. de León Fuentes 27 September 19441 October 1946 [6]
Rubén de León García 1 October 194619 September 1948 [6]
Lincoln Rodón Alvarez 4 October 194810 March 1952 [6]
Gastón Godoy y Loret de Mola 28 January 19554 January 1959 [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ varios, Autores (1 January 2014). Constitución cubana de 1940. Linkgua digital. ISBN   9788498971545 – via Google Books.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Cuba Vii". 1939.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Schroeder, Susan (15 April 1982). Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Statistics. G.K. Hall. ISBN   9780816182138 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas". www.fidelcastro.cu.
  5. 1 2 "Diario de sesiones del Congreso de la Républica de Cuba". ufdc.ufl.edu.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Representantes, Cuba Congreso Cámara de (5 May 2019). "Compendio legislativo, 1902 a 1950" – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Hernández, Mario Riera (5 May 1985). "Ejército Libertador de Cuba, 1895-1898: antecedentes históricos, fotos y biografías de mayores generales y generales de división y brigadas, anexos informativos". EE.UU. – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Primelles, León (15 April 2019). "Crónica cubana 1915-1918". Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ "El libro amarillo de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela: Presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones de ... Por el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores". 1924.
  10. ↑ Jiménez, Guillermo (1 January 2006). Los propietarios de Cuba 1958. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales. ISBN   9789590608308 – via Google Books.
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