- Born
- January 16, 1901
- Died
- August 6, 1973 (aged 72)
- Known as
- politician, military personnel
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and again from 1952 to his resignation in 1959, when he was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution. From 1936 till 1940 he was the de facto leader of Cuba.
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