Carlos Saladrigas Zayas

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name=Carlos Saladrigas


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birth_date=October 13, 1900
birth_place=Havana, Cuba
death_date=1957
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Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (born Carlos Eduardo Ramon Saladrigas y Zayas on October 13, 1900 in Havana, Cuba - 1957) was a Cuban politician and diplomat. He was an Abogado-notario, who served as Senator (1936-1940), Minister of Justice (1934), Foreign Minister (1933) & (1955-1956), Prime Minister of Cuba (1940-1942), Ambassador to Great Britain, and presidential candidate in the elections of 1944.

He was the son of Enrique Saladrigas Lunar and Maria Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, Maria de las Mercedes Gonzalez-Llorente y Martinez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y Gonzalez-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso.

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