Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado

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head of state human lawyer politician

Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado was a Cuban politician and lawyer who served as the President of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 during the early decades of the Cuban Revolution.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → human → lawyer → politician →
cause of death	suicide →
country of citizenship	Cuba →
date of birth	1919-04-17 →
date of death	1983-06-23 →
described by source	Encyclopædia Britannica → Granma → Official Gazette of Cuba →
educated at	University of Havana →
era	Cold War →
ethnic group	Cuban →
held title	President of the Republic of Cuba →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
legal form of activity	constitutional law →
member of political party	Communist Party of Cuba → Integrated Revolutionary Organizations → United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution →
native language	Spanish →
notable event	Bay of Pigs Invasion → Cuban Missile Crisis →
notable work	participation in drafting Cuban socialist constitutions →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
office assumed	President of Cuba in 1959 →
office left	President of Cuba in 1976 →
participated in	Cuban Revolution →
place of birth	Cienfuegos → Cienfuegos Province → Cuba →
place of death	Cuba → Havana →
position held	Minister of Justice of Cuba → President of Cuba → member of the Council of State of Cuba → member of the National Assembly of People's Power →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Havana →
sex or gender	male →
signature	Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado signature →
spouse	María Caridad Molina →
was preceded by	Manuel Urrutia Lleó →
was succeeded by	Fidel Castro →
worked in	Havana →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Havana →	notableAlumnus