José Irisarri

Cuban Commissioner

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (born 1895 - 1968) was a lawyer and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.

Early life

José Irisarri was born in 1895 in Havana, Cuba.

He was a lawyer and formerly one of the legal advisors to the Royal Bank of Canada. He was a law partner of Cuban General Mario García Menocal's son-inlaw.^[3]

Politics

For rejecting the Presidency of a Gerardo Machado electoral district, he was imprisoned for two years in Castillo del Príncipe on the Isle of Pines.

He went into exile in May 1931 and returned to Cuba upon de Cespedes' presidency.^[4]

Pentarchy of 1933

The five members of the pentarchy, from the left in the picture, Josée M. Irisari, Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramon Grau, and Sergio Carbó.

Irisarri was a part of the five-man Presidency of Cuba including Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramón Grau, and Sergio Carbó.

Death

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio died in 1968.

References

1. "Cabinet Positions Apportioned - Press Censorship Not Planned - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
2. "Cuba Heads of State". latinamericanstudies.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
3. "The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State | Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The American Republics, Volume V". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
4. "Cuban Rulers Biography of Wide Interest - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.