Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (March 16, 1899 – November 22, 1961) was a

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who served as the Interim

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for one day (1 – 2 January 1959) after the departure of the President, General

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, from the country. He previously held the position of President of the Senate of Cuba from February 1955 to 1 January 1959. He also served as

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in 1944. He was also Mayor of the town of

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, Representative in the Cuban Congress of 1925, 1940, 1945; Minister of Commerce 1942, Minister of Education, and Minister of Housing. Alliegro was the son of an

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, Miguel Alliegro Esculpino and a Spaniard, Donatila Milá. He was married to Ana Durán with whom he had one child, Anselmo Leon Alliegro Jr. He also had a daughter, Rosa Maria "Polita" Alliegro y Sanchez, from his previous marriage to Rosa M. Sanchez and a step-son, Alfredo G. Duran, a product of his wife Anita Duran's first marriage.

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