About Ramón Grau
Ramón Grau San Martín (Spanish: [raˈmoŋ ˈɡɾaw sam maɾˈtin]; 13 September 1881 – 28 July 1969) was a Cuban physician and politician who served as President of Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948. He led the Cuban student movement in the 1933 Cuban Revolution that led to the overthrow of the Gerardo Machado regime. He was the last president (other than Carlos Manuel Piedra who was interim president for one day) born during Spanish rule. He is sometimes called Raymond Grau San Martin in English. == Background == His parents were Francisco Grau Vinals and Pilar San Martin y del Collado. Grau's father, a rich tobacco grower, wanted Ramón to continue in his footsteps, but Ramón himself wanted to be a doctor. He studied at the University of Havana and graduated in 1908 with a Doctor of Medicine degree, then expatriated to Europe in order to expand his medical knowledge. He returned to Cuba in 1921 and became a professor of physiology at the University of Havana. In the 1920s, he was involved with the student protests against then-President Gerardo Machado, and was jailed in 1931. Upon his release he was exiled from Cuba, temporarily migrating to the United States.
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