Dr. Andrés Domingo y Morales del Castillo (; 4 September 1892 – 1 June 1979) was a

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n jurist and politician who served as interim

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. He was the son of Andrés Domingo y Romero and Antonia Morales del Castillo y Durive. He graduated from the

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School of Law. He served as

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and later Senator in 1944 and 1948. Domingo served as Minister of Presidency,

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and

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during

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’s terms as president. On August 14, 1954, Batista made Domingo President of Cuba so that he could run for president. Once Batista was sworn in as president on February 24, 1955, Domingo resumed his ministerial positions. He never married.

References

* ''Andrés Domingo y Morales del Castillo, Jurista, Ministro, Senador y Presidente'', Antolin Gonzalez del Valle Rios (Wilmington, North Carolina, Ediciones Patria, 1980) * ''Los Propietarios de Cuba 1958'', Guillermo Jimenez Soler (Havana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2007) Presidents of Cuba Defense ministers of Cuba Housing ministers of Cuba Justice ministers of Cuba Ministers of foreign affairs of Cuba 1892 births 1979 deaths 1950s in Cuba 20th-century Cuban lawyers 20th-century Cuban politicians Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Exiles of the Cuban Revolution in the United States {{cuba-politician-stub Cuban Freemasons