 Carlos Prío Socarrás

Carlos Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was 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.