Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación (National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation), or INDER, is the body responsible for sports development, physical education and recreation in Cuba. The first sports ministry in Cuba was founded after

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of t ...

came to power in the 1930s. Batista appointed his aide-de-camp, Colonel

Jaime Mariné Jaime Mariné y Montes was a Cuban baseball administrator and soldier. He is best known as the second president of the International Baseball Federation (IBF) from 1940 to 1943. Mariné, nicknamed "El Catalancito," was also a close associate of C ...

, to head the ''Dirección General Nacional de Deportes'' (DGND), or the National Sports Directory. In its current form, INDER was founded after the

Cuban Revolution The Cuban Revolution () was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew ...

in February 23, 1961, under Law 936, and was headed by Manuel González Guerra. The national headquarters is located in the Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva in Havana. In March 1962, a new institution demanded a Resolution that forbids any professional sports to be practiced on the Island, with the aim of promoting healthy practice and preventing

mercantile Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of cred ...

system in sport.

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1961 establishments in Cuba Sports organizations established in 1961 Organizations based in Havana Sports governing bodies in Cuba

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

Government ministries of Cuba {{Cuba-sport-stub