Manuel Márquez Sterling (born Carlos Manuel Agustin Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola on August 28, 1872 in

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– December 9, 1934,

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) was a Cuban diplomat and interim

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for 6 hours on January 18, 1934. In an article published by Bohemia in December, 1934 (as a result of his death) he is credited with saving the life of Mexican President

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, when the latter was hiding from the authorities of then Mexican President

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, during the initial states of the

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. He served in the Cuban War of Liberation and went to Washington in 1901 as member of the Cuban mission to protest the Platt Amendment. After a journalistic career he served in diplomatic service for many years. He resigned as Ambassador to

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in 1932 after differences with Machado. He later became ambassador to the

under the presidency of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, acted as Cuban representative under Grau's presidency and also acted as Cuban ambassador under Mendieta's presidency. He was married to his cousin, Mercedes Márquez Sterling y Ziburo. He was the uncle of Carlos Márquez Sterling, a figure in Cuban politics whom he adopted as his son. He tied for 16-17th in the Paris 1900 chess tournament (

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won) played during the world exhibition.

References

* ''Fulgencio Batista: Volume 1, From Revolutionary to Strongman'', Argote-Freyre, Frank (Rutgers, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2006) * https://web.archive.org/web/20080123115616/http://www.vitral.org/vitral/vitral51/cent.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20080619170844/http://www.endgame.nl/wfairs.htm * (Spanish) 1872 births 1934 deaths Politicians from Lima Ministers of foreign affairs of Cuba Cuban diplomats Presidents of Cuba Cuban chess players Ambassadors of Cuba to Peru Ambassadors of Cuba to Mexico Ambassadors of Cuba to the United States 1930s in Cuba 20th-century Cuban politicians Cuban people of Dominican Republic descent Peruvian emigrants to Cuba {{cuba-politician-stub