Andrés Rivero Agüero
| Andrés Rivero Agüero | |
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| 12th Prime Minister of Cuba | |
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In office 26 March 1957 – 6 March 1958 |
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| Preceded by | Jorge García Montes |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Núñez Portuondo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 February 1905 San Luis, Oriente Province, Cuba |
| Died | 8 November 1996 (aged 91) Miami |
| Alma mater | Havana University |
| Occupation | lawyer, politician |
Andrés Rivero Agüero (4 February 1905 – 8 November 1996) was a Cuban politician who was elected president of Cuba in the Cuban presidential election, 1958. He was born to extremely poor parents in San Luis, Oriente Province (now Santiago de Cuba Province) on 4 February 1905. He taught himself to read when he was 16. Rivero managed to secure a high school education by his own efforts, and obtained a law degree from Havana University (1934). Elected a city councilman in Santiago de Cuba, he quickly became a leader of the Liberal Party, and was befriended by Fulgencio Batista. During Batista's first administration (1940–1944), Rivero served as Minister of Agriculture, and implemented Batista's plan for resettling landless peasants in Oriente Province.
During General Batista's exile in the United States from 1944–1952, Rivero practised law in Cuba and wrote political commentary for several periodicals. When Batista returned to run for President of Cuba in 1952, Rivero helped to organise Batista's United Action Party. He supported Batista's military coup on 10 March 1952, and thereafter served as Minister of Education in Batista's second administration (1952–1958). Elected a Senator from Pinar del Río province in 1954, Rivero became Cuba's prime minister (1957–1958), and participated in several reconciliation conferences as Batista's representative.
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