REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT - URRUTIA MANUEL: (1901-1981) President of Cuba from January to July 1959. Urrutia resigned his position a will better only seven months, owing to a series of disputes with Fidel Castro, and emigrated to the United States shortly afterward. Rare D.S., `Urrutia´, one page, Presidential Palace La Habana, 13th February 1959, "Year of the Liberation'', in Spanish. The typed document is a decree, according to which Doctor Manuel Urrutia Lleo, in his capacity as President of the Republic of Cuba, states that the council of Ministers has approved the law nº 72, containing two articles stating in part `Article One: We declare dissolve the National Sports Committee and removed from their posts all members of the Committee on the 31 December 1958. Article Two: All faculties and power that law establishes regarding National Sports Committee will be in hand of the Delegate and General Director of Sports that the President of the Republic will appoint...´ Countersigned at the base by Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona and by the Minister of Education. The document bears at the base a large and attractive blue paper seal of the Cuban Presidency with ribbons affixed. Three binder half-holes to the left border, small tears to the right edge not affecting the signatures. G

 

Jose Miro Cardona (1902-1974) Cuban Politician who served as Prime Minister for a very short period of six weeks. He was appointed by President Urrutia in January 1959 but unexpectedly resigned in February 1959 and was replaced by Fidel Castro.