Armando Hart Dávalos | |
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 Armando Hart inBerlin in 1963. | |
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| Born | Armando Enrique Hart Dávalos (1930-06-13)13 June 1930 Havana,Cuba |
| Died | 26 November 2017(2017-11-26) (aged 87) Havana, Cuba |
| Spouse | Haydée Santamaría |
| Relations | Abel Santamaría (brother-in-law) |
| Children | Celia Hart (1962–2008) Abel Hart (1959–2008) |
Armando Enrique Hart Dávalos (June 13, 1930 – November 26, 2017)[1] was aCubanpolitician and aCommunist leader. His grandfather was born in the American state ofGeorgia and emigrated to Cuba as a child.
Before theCuban Revolution which ousted PresidentFulgencio Batista, Hart studied to be a lawyer at theUniversity of Havana. While there, he became politically active and would soon joinFidel Castro andChe Guevara in their fight against Batista. As Castro and Che Guevara were leading theguerrilla warfare in the Cubanmountains andforests, Hart went onto become one of the main organizers of the revolutionary movement in the cities. Among his other writings, he has given a very full account of events leading up to the Revolution of 1959 in his seminal work,Aldabonazo.[2]
When Batista was finally overthrown, Hart was made the first Minister of Education of the Revolution, and later served as the Minister of Culture (1976-1997), as well as a member of thePolitburo of theCommunist Party of Cuba.
In January 2005, Hart wrote an article onJoseph Stalin, in which he denounced the ideas ofStalinism and its practice, while defending the ideas ofKarl Marx,Vladimir Lenin, Fidel Castro, andLeon Trotsky.[3]
Armando Hart was the father ofCelia Hart.
He became minister of culture since the creation of that ministry on 1976 to 1997. He was then appointed director of the Office of José Martí's Program. Hart was the president of theJosé Martí Cultural Society (Sociedad Cultural José Martí)[4] at the time of this death.
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