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In 1908 he was nominated for the Presidency by the Conservative party but failed of election; in I9I2 he was again a candidate and was elected President of the Republic on the ticket of the same party. When Cuba did receive independence following the Spanish-American War, García Menocal became a leading conservative politician.
Time in office
Mario García Menocal was elected President in 1912 and became known for his strong support of business and corporations.
He attempted a revolution in 1931, and went into exile in the United States when it failed.
After less than five years he returned to Cuba and ran for President a final time in 1936.
He died in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Mario García Menocal was elected President in 1912 and became known for his strong support of business and corporations.
He was reelected in 1916, though the election was challenged by the liberals.
In perhaps his most notable action, García Menocal authorized Cuba"s declaration of war against the German Empire on April 7, 1917, entering World War I a day after the United States.
This was believed by many to be an attempt to get the United States to give more support to his government.
While in office, García Menocal hosted the 1920 Delta Kappa Epsilon National Convention,[2] the first international fraternity conference outside the US, which took place in Cuba.
Education
In 1884, he then went to Cornell University where he graduated in 1888 from the School of Engineering.
Career
His terms as president saw Cuba"s participation in World War I.
Born in Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba, García Menocal was thirteen when he was sent to boarding schools in the United States, first at the Chappaqua Mountain Institute in New York, and later at the Maryland Agricultural College.
He attempted a revolution in 1931, and went into exile in the United States when it failed. When Cuba did receive independence following the Spanish–American War, García Menocal became a leading conservative politician.
Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop (December 17, 1866, Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba – September 7, 1941 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) was President of Cuba, from 1913 to 1921.
After his presidency, García Menocal continued to be involved in politics, running for President again in 1924. He went first to the United States and thence to Mexico where he settled down as a sugar planter at San Juan Bautista, State of Tabasco. He was employed for a time as Engineer for a French Company owning salt works and banana plantations on the Island of Cayo Romano and later entered upon railway construction work, having been employed to carry the survey and location of the proposed railway line from Camaguey to Santa Cruz del Sur.
Here he soon found himself in the thick of revolutionary activities and when in 1895 the War of Independence broke out he joined the forces under General Máximo Gómez, continuing to serve in the field until the final victory following the intervention of the United States in 1898.
As a soldier Menocal exhibited talent for military affairs, and definite aptitude for strategy.
His terms as president saw Cuba’s participation in World War I.
García Menocal was thirteen when he was sent to boarding schools in the United States, first at the Chappaqua Mountain Institute in New York, and later at the Maryland Agricultural College. Private trains were hired from New England to Florida where the invited men and their families could travel in comfort and style, and upon arrival in Cuba each man was gifted a gold-trimmed box of cigars.
While in office, García Menocal hosted the 1920 Delta Kappa Epsilon National Convention, the first international fraternity conference outside the United States, which took place in Cuba.
Private trains were hired from New England to Florida where the invited men and their families could travel in comfort and style, and upon arrival in Cuba each man was gifted a gold-trimmed box of cigars.
García Menocal"s hospitality is still remembered in the fraternity to this day.
This task General Menocal fulfilled with credit and distinction.
Meantime the growth of his reputation had brought him within the field of politics. Here the future President of Cuba spent his boyhood, but when he was thirteen he was sent to school in the United States, first at the Institute of Chappaqua, New York, and later at the Maryland College of Agriculture whence he passed in 1884 to Cornell University where he was graduated in the Engineering School in 1888.
On finishing his University course Menocal returned to Latin-America but not yet to Cuba.
After less than five years he returned to Cuba and ran for President a final time in 1936.
García Menocal was married to Mariana Seva y Rodríguez and they had three children, Mario (who married Hortensia Almagro), Raúl (who married Perlita Fowler) and Georgina García Menocal y Seva (who married Eugenio Sardina).
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Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop was President of Cuba, from 1913 to 1921.
In perhaps his most notable action, García Menocal authorized Cuba’s declaration of war against Germany on April 7, 1917, entering World War I a day after the United States. While at Cornell University, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Delta Chi Chapter) As a young man he was involved in Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain.
President Menocal's first term was characterized by a constructive policy including the following practical proposals:
(1) Administrative and financial reforms.
(2) Strengthening the relations with the United States.
(3) Strict regulation of the Public Treasury, liquidation and adjustment of all outstanding indebtedness, and reorganization of taxation, in order to equalize, as far as possible, its incidence.
(4) Support of agriculture and development of immigration.
(5) Reorganization of the Army and Navy, in order to obtain efficiency.
Again in I9I6 he received the nomination and was declared reelected, but after a contest so close and so much disputed that the unsuccessful party fomented an armed uprising which for a time threatened to overturn the government and was only subdued after bloodshed and some destruction of property.