Major General Senén Casas Regueiro (30 July 1934 in Bombí - 6 August 1996) was a

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. He was the Cuban Minister of Transportation from 1989 till his death. He was also the first deputy minister of defence and the chief of staff of the Cuban army. He was a brother of another Cuban politician,

Julio Casas Regueiro Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro (February 18, 1936 – September 3, 2011) was a Cuban politician. He was a vice-president of the Council of State of Cuba, Council of State and the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba), minister of d ...

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Legacy

The railway station of Santiago de Cuba, rebuilt in 1997, was named after him.

Sources

solvision.co.cu
(''Senén Casas Regueiro: Un General guantanamero'', Agustín Pérez)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casas Regueiro, Senen 1934 births 1996 deaths Transport ministers of Cuba Communist Party of Cuba politicians People from Guantánamo Province