Carlos Prío Socarrás

President of Cuba

July 14, 1903 Bahia Honda, Cuba

April 5, 1977(1977-04-05) (73) Miami Beach, Florida, United States

October 10, 1948 – March 10, 1952

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Carlos Prío Socarrás" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Carlos Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections. He went into exile in the United States, where he committed suicide at age 73.