Emilio Núñez
Emilio Núñez | |
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Born | 27 December 1855 |
Died | 5 May 1922 | (aged 66)
Emilio Núñez (born Juan Emilio de la Caridad Núñez y Rodriguez on 27 December 1855 in Esperanza, Las Villas,
Early life and education
Núñez graduated in 1889 from the University of Pennsylvania and was a dental surgeon in Philadelphia.
At an early age, he joined the Cuban Revolutionary Army and fought in the "Guerra de Diez Años" (
Núñez then went into exile where he collaborated closely with Marti and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. From the United States he sent arms, ammunition and food to Cuba as Commander in Chief of the Department of Expeditions until 1885. He became a Major-General in the Cuban War of Independence. He organized armed revolutionary expeditions from the United States.
He was one of 31 delegates in the
Núñez served as Cuban Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor in 1913 and as Vice President of Cuba from 1917-1921.[1]
Family
Núñez was the son of Bernardo Núñez y Perez-Labrador and Eulalia Rodriguez y Otero. He was married to Dolores Portoundo y Blez and they had six children: Bernardo (1886–1967), Julia (1888–1974), Maria Estrella (1890–1926), Ricardo (1893–1973), Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978) and America (1903–1964). All were born in Philadelphia except America, who was born in Havana.
References
Bibliography
- Nunez-Portoundo, Ricardo, General Emilio Nunez: Un Procer Cubano, Publicaciones Cultural(1994), ISBN 978-0-9641879-8-6
- Paine, Ralph Delahaye, Roads of Adventure, Houghton Mifflin Company (1922)
- Parker, William Belmont, Cubans of To-Day, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1919)