Manuel Urrutia Lleó

President of Cuba

December 8, 1901 Yaguajay, Las Villas, Cuba

July 5, 1981(1981-07-05) (79) Queens, New York, United States

January 3, 1959 – July 18, 1959

President of Cuba from January to July 1959 In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urrutia and the second or maternal family name is Lleó. Manuel Urrutia Lleó (December 8, 1901 – 5 July 1981) was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. He campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before serving as president in the first revolutionary government of 1959. Urrutia resigned his position after only seven months, owing to a series of disputes with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, and emigrated to the United States shortly afterward.