Rafael Diaz-Balart

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Rafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez (born January 17, 1926 in Banes , Cuba , † May 6, 2005 in Miami ) was a Cuban lawyer and politician.

Political activity

During the time of Batista - dictatorship he was interior minister and majority leader in the House of Representatives .

In May 1955 he gave a speech before the Cuban House of Representatives in which he spoke out against the amnesty of his former brother-in-law Fidel Castro because of his main responsibility for the attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba in July 1953. In November 1958, Rafael Díaz-Balart was elected Senator , but could not take up his post because on January 1, 1959 the Cuban Revolution triumphed and Castro came to power.

Rafael Díaz-Balart founded “ La Rosa Blanca ” (The “White Rose”) in New York on January 28, 1959 , the first Cuban exile organization expressly opposed to the Castro government .

family

He is the father of the members of the US Congress Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart , the television journalist Jose Diaz-Balart and the banker Rafael Diaz-Balart. He is the brother of Fidel Castro's first wife, Mirta Díaz-Balart , and the painter Waldo Díaz-Balart .

Rafael Díaz-Balart died at his home in on 6 May 2005 Key Biscayne to leukemia . Florida International University's Law School library is named after him.

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personal data
SURNAME Diaz-Balart, Rafael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez, Rafael Lincoln (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban politician under Batista, Cuban exile
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Banes , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 2005
Place of death Miami , Florida, USA