Comandante del Ejército Rebelde
Comandante (Eng. Commander, Commander) was the highest rank within the revolutionary " rebel army " (span. Ejército Rebelde) during their guerrilla war against the dictator Fulgencio Batista (1956-1959).
As the leader of the rebel army, Fidel Castro was given the title of "Comandante en Jefe" (Supreme Commander), a rank which he later officially retained in the regular Cuban Revolutionary Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias ) and later as a historical title.
The honorary title "Comandante de la Revolución" was awarded in 1976 to the three Comandantes Juan Almeida , Guillermo García Frías and Ramiro Valdés .
List of commanders of the rebel army
Fallen before January 1, 1959
- Ángel Ameijeiras Delgado (1925–1958, M-26-7 , posthumous promotion)
- Andrés Cuevas Heredia (1917–1958, posthumous promotion, M-26-7)
- Braulio Curuneaux Trimiño (1929–1958, posthumous promotion, M-26-7)
- Ramón González Coro (1931-1958, DR-13-3)
- Ramón Paz Borroto (M-26-7)
- René Ramos Latour (1932–1958, M-26-7)
- Ciro Redondo García (1931–1957, posthumous promotion, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participants)
- Pedro Soto Alba (1935–1958, posthumous promotion, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Ángel Verdecia Moreno (1933–1958, promoted posthumously, M-26-7)
From 1959 went into opposition to Fidel Castro
- Genaro Arroyo (SFNE)
- Lázaro Asencio Suárez (1925–2009, SFNE)
- Jesús Carrera Zayas (1933–1961, SFNE, executed)
- Raúl Chibás Rivas (1916–2002, exiled)
- Jaime Costa Chávez (1933-2015, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
- Rolando Cubela Secades (* 1932, DR-13-3, exiled 1979)
- Higinio "Nino" Díaz Ane (M-26-7)
- Pedro Luis Díaz Lanz (1926-2008, M-26-7, fled 1959)
- Raúl Díaz Torres (†, Granma participant)
- José Duarte Oropesa , (M-26-7, exiled)
- Armando Fleites Díaz (SFNE)
- Domingo René García Collazo (* 1930, promoted 1959, M-26-7)
- Ramón Güin Díaz (1933–1996, DR-13-3)
- Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo (1934–2012, SFNE)
- Ricardo Lorié Valls (1927–1980, exiled 1959)
- Huber Matos Benítez (1918–2014, M-26-7, exiled)
- Víctor Mora Pérez († 1993, M-26-7, exiled 1980)
- William Morgan (SFNE, 1928–1961, executed)
- Víctor Manuel Paneque Batista ("Comandante Diego", M-26-7, exiled in 1960)
- Plinio Prieto Ruiz (1923–1960, SFNE, executed)
- José Quevedo Pérez (1925–2011, exiled 2003)
- Gilberto Rodríguez Fernández (1921–?, Promoted 1959, M-26-7, exiled 1963)
- Humberto Sorí Marín (1915–1961, M-26-7, executed)
- Aldo Vera Serafín (1928–1976)
- Antonio Michel Yabor (1926–2000, exiled 1960)
Still living in Cuba today
- José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera (* 1932, M-26-7)
- Julio Camacho Aguilera (* 1924, M-26-7)
- Raúl Castro Ruz (* 1931, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
- Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (* 1939, M-26-7)
- Raúl Curbelo Morales (* 1932, M-26-7)
- Víctor Dreke Cruz (* 1937, promoted in 1962, M-26-7)
- Guillermo García Frías (* 1928, M-26-7)
- Delio Gómez Ochoa (* 1929, M-26-7)
- Carlos Iglesias Fonseca (M-26-7)
- Antonio Enrique Lussón Battle (* 1930, M-26-7)
- José Ramón Machado Ventura (* 1930, M-26-7)
- Manuel Nogueira Ramos (* approx. 1928, M-26-7)
- Walfrido Pérez Rodríguez (M-26-7)
- Samuel Rodiles Planas (* 1932, M-26-7)
- Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (* 1932, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
Other commanders
- Juan Abrantes Fernández (1935-1959, DR-13-3)
- Armando Acosta Cordero (1920–2009, M-26-7)
- Juan Vitalio Acuña Núñez (1925–1967, M-26-7)
- José Argibay Rivero († 1973, M-26-7)
- Víctor Bordón Machado (1931-2014, M-26-7)
- Luis Borges Alducín (1929-2007, M-26-7)
- Juan Almeida Bosque (1927–2009, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
- Efigenio Ameijeiras Delgado (1931-2020, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Lázaro Artola Ordaz (M-26-7, SFNE)
- Francisco "Paco" Cabrera Pupo (1924–1959, M-26-7)
- Julio Casas Regueiro (1936-2011, M-26-7)
- Ernesto Casillas Palenzuela (promoted after 1958, M-26-7)
- Humberto Castelló Aldanás (1923-2001, DR-13-3)
- Belarmino Castilla Mas (1934-2015, M-26-7)
- Fidel Castro Ruz (1926-2016, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
- Gilberto Cervantes Nuñez (M-26-7)
- Faure Chomón Mediavilla (1929-2019, DR-13-3)
- Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (1932–1959, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Luis Crespo Cabrera (1923–2002, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Raúl Díaz Naranjo (–1964)
- Félix Duque Güelmes
- Dermidio Escalona Alonso (1930–2009, M-26-7)
- Manuel "Piti" Fajardo Rivero (1931–1960, M-26-7)
- Óscar Fernández Mel (1931–2019, M-26-7)
- Eduardo Fernández Rodríguez , (approx. 1926–2003, M-26-7)
- Carlos "el Chino" Figueredo Rosales (* approx. 1936–2009, DR-13-3)
- Ángel Frías Roblejo († 1969)
- Arsenio García Dávila (1936–2017, promoted after 1958, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Calixto García Martínez (1928–2010, M-26-7, Bayamo and Granma participant)
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Joel Iglesias Leyva (1941-2011, M-26-7)
- Guillermo "Jimenito" Jiménez Soler (1936-2020, DR-13-3)
- Juan Ramón López Fleitas (1925–1959, posthumous promotion, M-26-7)
- Julio Martínez Páez (1908-2000, M-26-7)
- Augusto Martínez Sánchez (1923–2013, M-26-7)
- Pedro Miret Prieto (1927-2016, M-26-7, Moncada participant)
- Eddy Suñol Ricardo (1925–1971, M-26-7)
- Raúl Menéndez Tomassevich (1929-2001, M-26-7)
- José Moleón (DR-13-3)
- Demetrio Montseny Villa (1930-2011, M-26-7)
- Reinaldo Mora Pérez (approx. 1927-2014, M-26-7)
- Cristino Naranjo Vázquez (1929–1959, posthumous promotion, M-26-7)
- Filiberto Olivera Moya (1921–1997, M-26-7)
- Eduardo Bernabé Ordaz Ducunge (1921-2006, M-26-7)
- Félix Lugerio Pena Díaz (1931–1959, M-26-7)
- Vicente de la O Gutiérrez (1916–1988, M-26-7, promoted after 1958)
- Juan Manuel Páez Inchausti (1900–1976, promoted 1959, M-26-7)
- Alfredo Peña Rodríguez (1921– ?, SFNE)
- Faustino Pérez Hernández (1920–1992, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Crescencio Pérez Montano (1895–1986, M-26-7)
- Manuel Piñeiro Losada (1933–1998, M-26-7)
- José Ponce Díaz (1926–2001, promoted 1959, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- René Rodríguez Cruz (–1990)
- Horacio Rodríguez Hernández (1928–1959, posthumous promotion, M-26-7, Granma participant)
- Luis Orlando Rodríguez Rodríguez (1912–1989, M-26-7)
- Universo Sánchez Álvarez (1919–2012, M-26-7, Moncada and Granma participant)
- Antonio Sánchez Díaz , 'Pinares', (1927–1967, promoted in 1959, M-26-7)
- Aldo Santamaría Cuadrado (1927-2003, M-26-7)
- René de los Santos Ponce († 2007, M-26-7)
- Eduardo "Lalo" Sardiñas Labrada (1931–2011, M-26-7)
- Jorge "Papito" Serguera Riverí (1932–2009, M-26-7)
- Félix Torres González (1917-2008, PSP)
- Sergio del Valle Jiménez (1927-2007, promoted 1959, M-26-7)
- René Cirilo Vallejo Ortiz (1920–1969)
- Rafael "Pungo" Verdecia Moreno (M-26-7)
See also
literature
- Ernesto Guevara: Cuban Diary ("Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria. Cuba 1959-1969"). Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04040-1 .
Remarks
- ^ Member of the Directorio Revolucionario (DR) and participant in the attack on March 13, 1957 on the Presidential Palace
- ↑ "Second National Front in the Escambray Mountains" (Spanish: Segundo Frente Nacional del Escambray)