Abelardo Colomé Ibarra

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Abelardo "Furry" Colomé Ibarra (born November 13, 1939 in Santiago de Cuba ) is a Cuban politician of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) , former military , Vice President of the State Council and Minister of the Interior.

biography

Colomé Ibarra got involved in politics early after starting high school and was a member of the July 26th Movement , the organization led by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution . On November 30, 1956 he took part in the uprising organized by Frank País in Santiago de Cuba and joined the rebellion forces (Ejército Rebelde) in March 1957 . In March 1958 he took part in the troops led by Raúl Castro in the fighting in the Sierra Cristal, the area of ​​which was called "Frank País" after the death of País 2nd Eastern Front. In the following years he repeatedly took part in battles by the rebellion forces, in the course of which he was finally promoted to Comandante of the rebellion troops in December 1958.

After the end of the revolution , he rose within the Revolutionary Forces (FAR) and the Ministries for the Armed Forces and Home Affairs. In July 1961 he was one of the co-founders of the ORI, from which the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) emerged on October 3, 1965 . In 1962 he was the founder of the FAR's intelligence department. In 1968 he became head of the FAR army group in northeastern Cuba and then briefly commander of the armed forces in the east (Oriente) in 1970 . In 1970 he was first head of the Department of Military Defense (MINFAR) in the Ministry of Defense and, over time, first Deputy (1972) and finally First Deputy Minister of Defense. In addition, he was temporarily head of the Cuban military mission in Angola in 1976 and was awarded the honorary title “Hero of the Republic of Cuba”. Most recently he had the rank of lieutenant general .

In 1975, at the 1st party congress of the PCC, he was elected a member of the Central Committee and in 1976 he was elected a member of the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) . At the 2nd party congress in December 1980 he was elected as a candidate for the Politburo of the Central Committee, of which he has been a member since the 3rd party congress in February 1986. In 1989 he finally became Cuba's interior minister and thus successor to division general José Abrantes, who was suddenly dismissed in June 1989 and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison, among other things, for abuse of office and infidelity, and who died in prison in 1991.

When Fidel Castro fell ill, he was appointed a member of a seven-person committee on July 31, 2006, chaired by Raúl Castro, which was entrusted with the leadership of Cuba for a transitional period. As Minister of the Interior, he is one of his closest confidants, having been acquainted with Raúl Castro for more than 50 years.

In the media, Colomé Ibarra was partially suspected as the successor to Raúl Castro. In 2008, however, José Ramón Machado Ventura was appointed Deputy Raúl's President, and in 2011 also became Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party of Cuba . Colomé Ibarra is, alongside Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero, the only cabinet member appointed by Fidel Castro who has not yet had to give up his ministerial office under Raúl Castro. On October 26, 2015, at the age of 76, he resigned from his offices in the State Council, as interior minister and reservist in the armed forces for health reasons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Datas Abelardo Colomé Ibarra
  2. ^ Political leadership of Cuba
  3. ↑ Julie Marie bunck: Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba . Penn State Press, 2010, ISBN 0-271-04027-0 , pp. 69 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Carlos Alberto Montaner: Journey to the Heart of Cuba: Life As Fidel Castro . Algora Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-87586-140-1 , pp. 225 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  5. ^ Mathieu, Hans: "Raúls reforms. Change of leadership in Cuba", December 18, 2008 (PDF; 175 kB)
  6. ↑ Cuba's “Third Man” ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Montaner, Carlos Alberto: "What comes after Castro's death?", KUBA-MAGAZINE January 31, 2007
  8. ↑ Skierka, Volker: "After Castro is before Castro", CICERO ( Memento of January 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Cuban Interior Minister Abelardo Colome Resigns for Health Reasons , Havana Times, October 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Colomé Ibarra, Abelardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colomé Ibarra, Furry (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Cuba