Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda

Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda
Born	1882 Havana, Cuba
Died	19 August 1965 Miami, Florida USA

Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda (1882 in Havana, Cuba - 19 August 1965 in Miami, Florida) was a Cuban diplomat, lawyer and author.

Campa was the son of Spaniards Miguel Angel de la Campa-Alvarodiaz and Maria Teresa Caraveda. He graduated from the Colegio de Belen in 1900 and later the University of Havana School of Law.

He served in the Cuban diplomatic corps from 1906 to 1958. He served as the Cuban Ambassador to Spain, Italy, Mexico, the United Nations. He was the Cuban Foreign Minister twice, first from 1937 to 1940, and then from 1952 to 1955. He additionally served as the Cuban Attorney General and as its Minister of Defense. His last post was as the Cuban Ambassador to the United States (1955–1958) and resigned when Fulgencio Batista was overthrown by Fidel Castro. He received decorations from over 35 countries, such as the Legion of Honor from France and the Order of Isabella the Catholic from Spain.

He was married to Maria Teresa Roff (died 7 December 1952) on December 12, 1907 at the Church of St. Honorato in Paris, France and they had five chldren Maria Teresa (1917-) (married first to Guillermo de Zendegui and then to Luis Andres Vargas Gomez), Miguelina (1919-)(married to Octavio A. Averhoff), Berta (1911–1999), Miguel Ángel (1922–1984), and Alberto de la Campa y Roff (1918–1964). They lived at Calle 27 #557 in Vedado, Havana, Cuba.

References

• The Miami News; Campa, Ex Cuban Ambassador; 21 August 1965; Page 14A.
• The New York Times; Miguel Angel Campa, 83; Ex-Cuban Envoy and Minister; 23 August 1965, Page 31.
• Otero, Juan Joaquin (1954). Libro De Cuba, Una Enciclopedia Ilustrada Que Abarca Las Artes, Las Letras, Las Ciencias, La Economia, La Politica, La Historia, La Docencia, Y ElProgreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952.  (Spanish)

Political offices
Preceded by Juan Jose Remos y Rubio	Foreign Minister of Cuba 1937-1940	Succeeded by Jose Manuel Cortina
Preceded by Aureliano Sanchez Arango	Foreign Minister of Cuba 1952-1955	Succeeded by Andrés Domingo y Morales del Castillo

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Name	Campa Y Caraveda, Miguel Angel De La
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Date of birth	1882
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Date of death	19 August 1965
Place of death	Miami, Florida USA