Porfirio Franca
Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Finance[1] | |
| In office September 5, 1933 – September 10, 1933 | |
| Constituency | Republic of Cuba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa[2] 1878 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | 1950 |
| Nationality |  Cuban |
| Children | 3 |
Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa (1878 – 1950) was a Cuban Conservative business man, banker[3] and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.
Early history
[edit]Porfirio Franca was born in Havana, Cuba in 1878.[4]
In 1902, Franca was founding member of the Vedado Tennis Club in Vedado which he presided over for 15 years.[5]
He managed the local Havana branch of the National City Bank of New York and was director of the Banco Nacional de Cuba.[6]
In 1923, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected Porfirio Franca, who held the Cuban seat until 1938.[7] He was instrumental in staging the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana.
Politics
[edit]After Gerardo Machado was deposed on August 12, 1933, Franca declined to accept an offer as the Secretary of the Treasury under the incoming Céspedes administration.[5] Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada served as President of Cuba from August 13 to September 1933 before an executive committee was appointed which included Porfirio Franca.
Pentarchy of 1933
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From September 5 to September 10, 1933, Franca acted as the Commissioner of Finance in the five-man Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba, which included José Irisarri, Guillermo Portela, Ramón Grau, and Sergio Carbó. Franca resigned his post as a commissioner after former Sargeant Fulgencio Batista was named Chief of Staff of the Army, fearing an attack upon him by Batista who had led the Sargeants' Revolt.[8] Franca agreed to serve on the executive commission until a new president was named which was Dr. Ramón Grau of the Pentarchy, on September 10, 1933.[9]
Death
[edit]Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa died in 1950.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs (Puig) to the Secretary of State | Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The American Republics, Volume V". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Cuba Heads of State". latinamericanstudies.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Kapcia, Antoni (2002). "The Siege of the Hotel Nacional, Cuba, 1933: A Reassessment". Journal of Latin American Studies. 34 (2): 283–309. doi:10.1017/S0022216X02006405. JSTOR 3875790.
- ^ Kapcia, A. (2022). Historical Dictionary of Cuba. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- ^ a b "Cuban Rulers Biography of Wide Interest - Newspapers.com™". Evening Report. 8 September 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Benjamin, J. R. (1977). The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880–1934. United States: University of Pittsburgh Press.
- ^ "María Caridad Colón, la primera mujer cubana que integra el COI". misiones.cubaminrex.cu. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State | Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The American Republics, Volume V". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "San Martin Is Named by Commission - Newspapers.com™". Herald and Review. 11 September 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
