Carlos Saladrigas Zayas

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (Carlos Eduardo Ramón Saladrigas y Zayas; October 13, 1900 – 15 April 1956) was a Cuban politician and diplomat.

Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
1st Prime Minister of Cuba
In office
10 October 1940 – 16 August 1942
PresidentFulgencio Batista
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byRamón Zaydín
Personal details
Born13 October 1900
Havana, Cuba
Died15 April 1956 (aged 55)
Havana, Cuba
Political partyPopular Socialist Party
Spouse(s)María González-Llorente
Esperanza Plasencia
Cusa Carrillo
Children2
ProfessionLawyer

He was an abogado-notario who served as Senator (1936-1940), Minister of Justice (1934), Foreign Minister (1933) and (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 María Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, María de las Mercedes González-Llorente y Martínez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y González-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso and lastly Cusa Carrillo.

References
  • Fulgencio Batista: Volume 1, From Revolutionary to Strongman, Argote-Freyre, Frank (Rutgers, New Jersey:Rutgers University Press, 2006)ISBN 0-8135-3701-0
  • Los Propietarios de Cuba 1958, Guillermo Jimenez Soler (Havana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2007)(in Spanish)
  • Anuario Social de La Habana 1939, (Luz-Hilo, S.A.) (in Spanish)
  • Directorio Social de La Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.) (in Spanish)
  • Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
  • Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
  • Registro Social de La Habana 1958, (Molina y Cia, S.A.) (in Spanish)
  • 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 El Progreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952. (Spanish)
Political offices
Preceded by
Office established		 Prime Minister of Cuba
10 October 1940 – 16 August 1942		 Succeeded by
Ramón Zaydín
Preceded by
?		 Foreign Minister of Cuba
1933		 Succeeded by
Manuel Márquez Sterling
Preceded by
Andrés Domingo		 Foreign Minister of Cuba
1955-1956		 Succeeded by
Gonzalo Güell


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