Carlos Prío Socarrás
President of Cuba
Died when: 73 years 265 days (884 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician.He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.
He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections.
He went into exile in the United States, where he lived for 25 years before dying by suicide at age 73.
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