Carlos Saladrigas Zayas

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (Carlos Eduardo Ramón Saladrigas y Zayas; October 13, 1900 – 15 April 1956) was a Cuban politician and diplomat.

Career

He was an abogado-notario who served as Senator (1936-1940), Minister of Justice (1934), Foreign Minister (1933) and (1955-1956), Prime Minister of Cuba (1940-1942), Ambassador to Great Britain, and presidential candidate in the elections of 1944.

Personal life

He was the son of Enrique Saladrigas Lunar and María Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, María de las Mercedes González-Llorente y Martínez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y González-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso and lastly Cusa Carrillo.

References

• Fulgencio Batista: Volume 1, From Revolutionary to Strongman, Argote-Freyre, Frank (Rutgers, New Jersey:Rutgers University Press, 2006)
• Los Propietarios de Cuba 1958, Guillermo Jimenez Soler (Havana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2007)
• Anuario Social de La Habana 1939, (Luz-Hilo, S.A.)
• Directorio Social de La Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949, (Editorial Lex)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950, (Editorial Lex)
• Registro Social de La Habana 1958, (Molina y Cia, S.A.)
• (Spanish)