Raúl López del Castillo (1893 in
Cuba
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– 24 July 1963 in
Miami, Florida
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USA) was a Cuban lawyer and government official.
Lopez was the
Prime Minister of Cuba
The Prime Minister of Cuba ( es, Primer Ministro de Cuba), officially known as the President of the Council of Ministers ( es, Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Cuba) between 1976 and 2019, is the head of government of Cuba and the chairma ...
from 1946 to 1948 during the presidency of
Ramon Grau. Previously he served as Under-Secretary of the Treasury (1944–1946). He was a member of the Cuban Revolutianary Party (
Partido Auténtico
The Cuban Revolutionary Party – Authentic ( es, Partido Revolucionario Cubano – Auténtico, PRC-A), commonly called the Authentic Party ( es, Partido Auténtico, PA), was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 and 1952. Although th ...
).
He wrote several law books in both English and Spanish.
[Suchlicki, Jaime; ''Historical Dictionary of Cuba:Edition 2''; Scarecrow Press, (2001); ] He was married to Sofia de la Hoya. They had two children: Sophie and Raul Jr.
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Prime Ministers of Cuba
1893 births
1963 deaths
Partido Auténtico politicians
1940s in Cuba
20th-century Cuban lawyers
20th-century Cuban politicians
Cuban emigrants to the United States
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