José Irisarri

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (born 1895 - 1968) was a lawyer and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.

José M. Irisarri
Commissioner of Public Works and Agriculture[1]
In office
September 5, 1933  September 10, 1933
ConstituencyRepublic of Cuba
Personal details
Born
José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio[2]

1895
Havana, Cuba
Died1968
Nationality Cuban
Children3

Early life

José Irisarri was born in 1895 in Havana, Cuba.

He was a lawyer and formerly one of the legal advisors to the Royal Bank of Canada. He was a law partner of Cuban General Mario García Menocal's son-inlaw.[3]

Politics

For rejecting the Presidency of a Gerardo Machado electoral district, he was imprisoned for two years in Castillo del Príncipe on the Isle of Pines.

He went into exile in May 1931 and returned to Cuba upon de Cespedes' presidency.[4]

Pentarchy of 1933

Irisarri was a part of the five-man Presidency of Cuba including Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramón Grau, and Sergio Carbó.

Death

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio died in 1968.

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