Miguel Mariano Gomez

Miguel Mariano Gomez

Miguel Mariano Gómez ( Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias ; born October 6, 1890 in Sancti Spíritus , Cuba ; † October 26, 1950 in Havana , Cuba) son of the Cuban President José Miguel Gómez , was a Cuban politician and from May 20 to December 24, 1936 President of Cuba.

Gómez studied law at the University of Havana and then became a lawyer. In 1914 he became a member of the Cuban parliament and retained his mandate until he was elected mayor of Havana in 1926. Together with his father, he took part in an armed revolution against the incumbent president, General Mario García Menocal . He belonged to the opposition to the dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales . Only in 1933, after the fall of Machado, was he able to return to Cuba from exile in New York . Under the presidency of Carlos Mendieta y Montefur , Gómez was again mayor of Havana.

Miguel Gómez gained his political prestige as mayor of Havana. Among other things, the Hospital de Maternidad Women's Clinic , the Infantil Children's Hospital and the Escuela José Miguel Gomez School were built under his leadership . He was considered a socially committed politician who achieved a lot for his city.

With this reputation from his tenure as mayor, Gómez became President of the Republic of Cuba in 1936. His plans to set up 3,000 rural schools led to disputes with the army chief Fulgencio Batista . When Gómez refused to implement a law passed by parliament that provided for the funding of rural schools through a sugar tax, he was ousted by parliament after only seven months in office.

Web links

• Miguel Mariano Gómez in Cuba Republica