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He
was born on June 3, 1931
He
is a Higher Military School graduate.
He participated actively in the struggles of the student movement before
the beginning of Batista’s tyranny. He
was part of the group that attacked the Moncada Army Garrison and served 22
months in prison as a result of this action.
During his exile in Mexico, he participated in the preparation of the
Granma yacht expedition, disembarking in Cuba on December 2, 1956.
As a combatant of the Rebel Army he took part in the Sierra Maestra
campaign and in February 1958 he was assigned the mission of crossing the former
Oriente province at the head of a guerrilla column to open the Frank País
Second Eastern Front to the northeast of that territory, which he commanded
until the end of the liberation war.
He was a member of the National Leadership of the Integrated
Revolutionary Organizations and of the United Party of the Socialist Revolution
of Cuba. He is the Second Secretary
of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba since its inception in
October 1965, as well as First Vice-President of the Councils of State and
Ministers and Deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power since they
were established in 1976.
He has been awarded the title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba.
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