Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
| Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada | |
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Céspedes y Quesada circa 1914 as ambassador to the United States
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| 6th President of Cuba | |
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In office 12 August 1933 – 5 September 1933 |
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| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Gerardo Machado |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Grau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 12, 1871 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | March 28, 1939 (aged 67) Havana, Cuba |
| Nationality |
 Cuban
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| Political party | A.B.C. Revolutionary Society |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Bertini y Alessandri |
| Children | Carlos Manuel and Alba de Céspedes y Bertini |
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871, New York City, New York, United States – March 28, 1939, Vedado, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba.
He was the son of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and Ana Maria de Quesada y Loinaz. He was also a distant cousin of Perucho Figueredo. In 1915, he married Laura Bertini y Alessandri, an Italian, first in Rome and then later again at City Hall in New York City by Mayor John Purroy Mitchel. They had one child together, the daughter Alba de Céspedes y Bertini. He was educated first in New York City until 1885, when his mother took him and his twin sister to Germany. He later earned degrees in international law and diplomacy from the Instituto Stanislas in Paris, France. In 1895, he returned to Cuba and from 1895 to 1898 he fought in the War of Independence, becoming a teniente coronel (lieutenant colonel) and the revolutionary post of governor of the Province of Santiago de Cuba.
He later entered Cuban politics and from 1902 to 1908, was vice president of the Cuban House of Representatives. Then in 1909, he joined the Cuban diplomatic service and represented his country as minister to Italy, and to Argentina, and as a special envoy to Greece. In 1914, he was Cuban Ambassador to the United States. He returned to Cuba in 1922, to become Foreign Minister under Gerardo Machado but resigned after a year. President Machado then named him Ambassador to Mexico but Céspedes delayed his departure for reasons of ill health.
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