Faure Chomón

Faure Chomón Mediavilla (15 January 1929[1] – 5 December 2019) was a Cuban historian and politician. He was one of the founding members and leaders of the Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo.[2] After the triumph of the Revolution he joined Fidel Castro's government. Early in his career, he served as the Secretary of Communication and Transportation and Ambassador to the Soviet Union.[3] Later he served as Ambassador to Vietnam and Ecuador as well as historian of the Revolution. He was also member of the National Assembly of People's Power from 1976 to his death.[4]

Faure Chomón Mediavilla
Born(1929-01-15)15 January 1929
Manatí, Cuba
Died5 December 2019(2019-12-05) (aged 90)
Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)Revolutionary, politician, historian
Known forfounding the Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo
Notable workEl Ataque al Palacio Presidential

He was born in Manatí, 45 km north of the city of Las Tunas.

He began as a student leader in the Federation of University Students (FEU).  As members of the Revolutionary Directorate, on 13 March 1957, during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, he led, together with Carlos Gutiérrez Menoyo, the revolutionary group made up of 50 men that carried out the assault on the Presidential Palace, where he was seriously injured. He was part of the Las Villas Front under the command of Ernesto Guevara.

Once the revolution triumphed, Faure was recognized with the honorific rank of comandante in the armed forces.[5]

He died on 5 December 2019 in Havana, due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Falleció el Comandante del Ejército Rebelde Faure Chomón Mediavilla". 6 December 2019.
  2. "El Ataque al Palacio Presidential" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. Faria, Miguel A (2002). Cuba in Revolution —Escape From a Lost Paradise (1st ed.). Macon, GA: Hacienda Publishing. pp. 38–87. ISBN 0-9641077-3-2.
  4. "Muere Faure Chomón, otro de los históricos del régimen cubano". Diario de Cuba. 7 December 2019.
  5. Cantón Navarro, José (2006–2007). Cuba : 42 años de revolución : cronología histórica. Martín Duarte Hurtado. La Habana, Cuba: Ciencias Sociales. ISBN 959-06-0905-8. OCLC 212414604.


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