General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar
19th President of Cuba
In office October 1940 – October 1944 October 1952 - January 1959
Preceded by	Federico Laredo Brú
Born	January 16, 1901 Banes, Holguín Province, Cuba
Died	August 6, 1973 Guadalmina, Spain .

General Rubén Fulgencio Batista (IPA: , ) y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and thus the eminence grise of Cuban politics for that period of time, and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 after having won election. He then became the country's leader after staging a coup, from 1952 to 1959. His authoritarian government during this subsequent period generated opposition despite his attempt to placate critics with a "show" election in 1954 when he ran without opposition. The actual opposition included the entire coalition that had overthrown President Gerardo Machado in 1933, including Fidel Castro's guerrilla movement, by which Batista was overthrown, in what is known as the Cuban Revolution.

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