Carlos Fernández Gondín

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Carlos Fernández Gondín (born July 1, 1938 in Santiago de Cuba , † January 7, 2017 in Havana ) was a Cuban politician , military and revolutionary . He was a co-founder of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of its Central Committee . Most recently he was division general and interior minister of Cuba.

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Born in Santiago de Cuba in 1938, Carlos Fernández Gondín joined the Cuban rebel army in 1958 on the Second Front in eastern Cuba under the command of Raúl Castro . After the revolution, he initially worked in various positions in the Cuban armed forces and in the Ministry of the Interior . In 1962 he took part in the fight against the Bay of Pigs invasion . Later he took part in the military operation in Angola .

In 1993 he became a member of the Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Fighters of the Revolution . In October 2015 he was appointed Minister of the Interior to succeed Abelardo Colomé Ibarra . In this position he was one of the main people responsible for the surveillance and prosecution of opponents of the regime .

Fernández Gondín died on January 7, 2017 at the age of 78 from complications from a chronic illness. His urn is buried in the mausoleum of the 2nd Eastern Front near Mayarí Arriba in the municipality of Segundo Frente . His successor in the office of the interior minister was his former deputy Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Gandarilla , longtime chief of counterintelligence .

Awards

  • Héroe de la República de Cuba (Hero of the Republic of Cuba)
  • Order of Máximo Gómez (1st degree)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Fallce ministro del Interior y Héroe de la República de Cuba Carlos Fernández Gondín . Cubadebate, January 7, 2017, accessed January 8, 2017 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ The ministro del Interior de Cuba, un histórico de la revolución . EFE message in the El Nuevo Herald , January 7, 2017, accessed January 8, 2017 (Spanish)
  3. ^ Trapce el ministro del Interior Carlos Fernández Gondín . Diario de Cuba, January 8, 2017, accessed January 8, 2017 (Spanish).
  4. ^ Cuba names counter-intelligence chief as Interior Minister . In: Reuters . January 10, 2017 ( reuters.com [accessed January 10, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Fernández Gondín, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fernández, Carlos (common shorthand)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban politician, military and revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Cuba
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2017
Place of death Havana