Erasmo Regüeiferos y Boudet was a Cuban lawyer, politician, Speaker of the Cuban Advisory Law Commission (Spanish: Comisión Consultiva) under Colonel Enoch H. Crowder for the

Provisional Government of Cuba The Provisional Government of Cuba ( Spanish: ''Gobierno Provisional de Cuba'') lasted from September 1906 to February 1909. This period was also referred to as the Second occupation of Cuba. When the government of Cuban President Tomás Est ...

, and the Secretary of Justice for Cuban President Alfredo Zayas, acting as the Attorney General and Director for the Cuban Department of Justice in the early 1920's.

Career

Prior to his entry into the government of the Provisional Government, he was a successful lawyer in his hometown of

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains t ...

, and was a

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

who wrote at least one play. In 1923, he was implicated in the perceived corrupt sale of the Santa Clara convent, and was the subject of anti-government discourse by a group of young intellectuals led by

Rubén Martínez Villena Rubén Agnelio Martínez Villena (December 20, 1899 – January 16, 1934) was a Cuban people, Cuban writer, lawyer, and Cuban Revolution, revolutionary leader. He was the ringleader of the Protest of the Thirteen, the first protest of the Cuban in ...

during the events of the

Protest of the Thirteen The Protest of the Thirteen (Spanish: Protesta de los Trece), which occurred on March 18, 1923, was a pivotal event in Cuban history, and was the first significant action of the newly established Cuban intellectual class against the government of ...

, which interrupted the first public ceremony in which he had ever taken part.

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