Faure Chomón

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Faure Chomón Mediavilla
Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo
Notable workEl Ataque al Palacio Presidential

Faure Chomón Mediavilla (15 January 1929

Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo.[2] After the triumph of the Revolution he joined Fidel Castro's government. Early in his career, he served as the Secretary of Communication and Transportation and Ambassador to the Soviet Union.[3] Later he served as Ambassador to Vietnam and Ecuador as well as historian of the Revolution. He was also member of the National Assembly of People's Power from 1976 to his death.[4]

He was born in Manatí, 45 km north of the city of Las Tunas.

He began as a student leader in the Federation of University Students (FEU).  As members of the

Revolutionary Directorate, on 13 March 1957, during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, he led, together with Carlos Gutiérrez Menoyo, the revolutionary group made up of 50 men that carried out the assault on the Presidential Palace
, where he was seriously injured. He was part of the Las Villas Front under the command of Ernesto Guevara.

Once the revolution triumphed, Faure was recognized with the honorific rank of comandante in the armed forces.[5]

He died on 5 December 2019 in Havana, due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Falleció el Comandante del Ejército Rebelde Faure Chomón Mediavilla". 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. ^ "El Ataque al Palacio Presidential" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ISBN 0-9641077-3-2
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  4. ^ "Muere Faure Chomón, otro de los históricos del régimen cubano". Diario de Cuba. 7 December 2019.
  5. OCLC 212414604
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