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The Congress of Cuba (Congreso) was the legislature of Cuba from 1902 until the Cuban revolution of 1959.[1]
The Congress consisted of the 150-member Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) and the 54-member Senate (Cámara del Senado).
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 3 years of inactivity.[2]
Presidents of the Senate 1902-1958[]
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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8 May 1902 | 5 April 1905 | [3] | |
5 April 1905 | 11 April 1906 | [3] | |
11 April 1906 | 28 September 1906 | [3] | |
18 January 1909 | 4 April 1910 | [3] | |
4 April 1910 | 16 April 1913 | [3] | |
16 April 1913 | 10 April 1917 | [3] | |
10 April 1917 | 20 April 1921 | [3] | |
20 April 1921 | 7 April 1925 | [3] | |
Clemente Vázquez Bello | 7 April 1925 | 28 September 1932 | [3] |
30 September 1932 | 12 August 1933 | [3] | |
13 April 1936 | 1 September 1936 | [3] | |
1 September 1936 | 1 June 1937 | [3] | |
1 June 1937 | 15 November 1937 | [3] | |
15 November 1937 | 7 September 1938 | [3] | |
7 September 1938 | 21 November 1940 | [3] | |
21 November 1940 | 17 February 1942 | [3] | |
17 February 1942 | 30 August 1943 | [3] | |
30 August 1943 | 26 September 1944 | [3] | |
26 September 1944 | 12 December 1945 | [3] | |
Miguel A. Suárez Fernández | 12 December 1945 | 6 October 1950 | [3] |
Manuel A. Varona Loredo | 6 October 1950 | 15 September 1952 | [3] |
Anselmo Alliegro Milá | 31 February 1955 | 1 January 1959 | [3][4] |
Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives 1902-1958[]
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
14 May 1902 | 3 November 1902 | [5][6] | |
18 November 1902 | 7 November 1903 | [5][6] | |
Carlos de la Torre Huerta | 7 November 1903 | 4 April 1904 | [6] |
8 July 1904 | 7 November 1904 | [6] | |
9 November 1904 | 23 April 1906 | [7][6] | |
24 April 1906 | 12 October 1906 | [6] | |
Orestes Ferrara Marino | 18 April 1909 | 1914 | [6] |
1914 | 1914 | ||
30 August 1914 | 1915 | [6] | |
Orestes Ferrara y Marino | 19 April 1915 | 1917 | [8] |
Miguel Coyula | 7 April 1917 | 1919 | [8][6] |
1919 | 1923 | ||
Clemente Vázquez Bello | 1923 | 1925 | [9] |
Ramón Zaydín | 11 April 1925 | 4 April 1927 | [8][6] |
Rafael Guas Inclán | 11 April 1927 | 24 August 1933 | [8][6] |
Carlos Márquez Sterling | 27 April 1936 | 3 February 1937 | [6] |
4 February 1937 | 18 April 1938 | [6] | |
1937 | ? | ||
2 September 1938 | 1 April 1940 | [6] | |
24 June 1940 | 16 September 1940 | [6] | |
21 November 1940 | 27 October 1941 | [6] | |
Carlos Márquez Sterling | 29 October 1941 | 19 October 1942 | [6] |
19 October 1942 | 27 September 1944 | [10][6] | |
27 September 1944 | 1 October 1946 | [6] | |
1 October 1946 | 19 September 1948 | [6] | |
4 October 1948 | 1952 | [6] | |
1955 | 1 January 1959 | [4] |
See also[]
- National Assembly of People's Power - Unicameral legislature since 1976
- History of Cuba
References[]
- ^ varios, Autores (1 January 2014). Constitución cubana de 1940. Linkgua digital. ISBN 9788498971545 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.159198/page/n11/mode/2up
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Schroeder, Susan (15 April 1982). Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Statistics. G.K. Hall. ISBN 9780816182138 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas". www.fidelcastro.cu.
- ^ a b "Diario de sesiones del Congreso de la Républica de Cuba". ufdc.ufl.edu.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Representantes, Cuba Congreso Cámara de (5 May 2019). "Compendio legislativo, 1902 a 1950" – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Primelles, León (15 April 2019). "Crónica cubana 1915-1918". Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "El libro amarillo de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela: Presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones de ... Por el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores". 1924.
- ^ Jiménez, Guillermo (1 January 2006). Los propietarios de Cuba 1958. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales. ISBN 9789590608308 – via Google Books.
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