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VICE
ADMIRAL
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VICE
ADMIRAL
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Chief
of the Revolutionary Navy
Born
10 August 1940
Higher
Military Education Graduate
Participated
in the revolutionary struggle against the tyranny. In mid-1958, as his
underground activities were discovered, he joined the Rebel Army as a member of
Column No. 1 of the Sierra Maestra’s First Front and participated in several
combat actions.
He
is a deputy of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament).
In
1962, he joins the corps of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) officers in the
Revolutionary Navy, to hold different positions until, in 1971, he is assigned
to take studies at the FAR Academy and, subsequently, the Naval Academic Course
in the URSS. On finishing his studies, he holds different posts, until he is
appointed Chief of the Western Naval Base. He accomplished an internationalist
mission at the Syrian Arab Republic.
Because
of his merits and positive results, he has been awarded among others, the
Liberation War Combatant, Underground Struggle Combatant, and FAR Exemplary
Service medals, by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba and the Ministry
of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
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