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  • NAME: Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar
  • OCCUPATION: Dictator, World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: January 16, 1901
  • DEATH DATE: August 06, 1972
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Banes, Cuba
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Marbella, Spain
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Fulgencio Batista served as president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. He returned eight years later and ruled as a brutal dictator until 1958.

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Fulgencio Batista was born on Jan. 16, 1901, in Banes, Cuba. He joined the army in 1921 and in September 1933 he organized a revolt which toppled the regime at the time. He was elected president in 1940. His term ended in 1944. Eight years later he returned and gained power as a brutal, controlling dictator. Fidel Castro toppled his regime in 1958 and Batista lived the remainder of his life in exile.

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