Julio Casas Regueiro

Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro (February 18, 1936 – September 3, 2011) was a Cuban politician. He was a Vice-President of the Council of State and the Minister of Defense.

Corps General

Julio Casas Regueiro
Born(1936-02-18)February 18, 1936
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
DiedSeptember 3, 2011(2011-09-03) (aged 75)
Havana, Cuba
Allegiance Cuba
Service/branch Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Years of service1958–2011
RankCorps General
Commands heldMinister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (2008 - 2011)

Previously, Regueiro was the Deputy Minister of MINFAR in charge of Economic Activity and was in charge of Cuba's holding company, GAE SA, which is the holding company for the commercial activities belonging to MINFAR, the Cuban Armed Forces Ministry. It manages much of Cuba's lucrative tourist industry (such as the company Gaviota) along with agriculture, import-export businesses, retail stores and other enterprises.

On February 24, 2008, he was named as one of Cuba's Vice-Presidents[1] and as Minister of Defense, succeeding long-time Defense Minister Raúl Castro, who was named as President of Cuba on the same day.[1][2] On this occasion, Castro said: "I have always had criticism for generals in our armed forces, but in 50 years I don't recall having ever criticized General Julio Casas Regueiro". His older brother was Senén Casas Regueiro.

On September 3, 2011, he died of heart failure.[3]

References
  1. Anita Snow, "Raul Castro Becomes Cuba's Leader", Associated Press, February 24, 2008.
  2. "Raul Castro named Cuba's new president" Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, February 24, 2008.
  3. "Cuban defense minister dies at 75". CBSNews. 2011-09-03. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
Political offices
Preceded by
Raúl Castro		 Defense Minister of Cuba Succeeded by
Leopoldo Cintra Frias
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