Rafael Diaz-Balart
| Rafael Lincoln Diaz-Balart Gutierrez | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 17, 1926 Banes, Cuba |
| Died | May 6, 2005 Miami, Florida USA |
Rafael Lincoln Diaz-Balart y Gutierrez (January 17, 1926 - May 6, 2005) was a Cuban politician, and served as Majority Leader of the Cuban House of Representatives.
In 1955, he gave a speech before the Cuban House of Representatives in opposition to the amnesty granted to his former brother-in-law, Fidel Castro, for his involvement in the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks. Rafael Diaz-Balart was elected Senator in 1958, but was unable to take office due to Fidel Castro's rise to power on January 1 1959.
He founded La Rosa Blanca (The White Rose), the first anti-Castro organization, in January of 1959. He is the father of U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, TV news journalist Jose Diaz-Balart, and Rafael Diaz-Balart, a banker. He is the brother of Mirta Diaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife. His brother, Waldo Diaz-Balart is a painter and a former actor in two movies by Andy Warhol in the 1960's.
He died on May 6 2005 in his Key Biscayne, Florida home after a battle with leukemia. The Law Library of the Florida International University College of Law bears his name.
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