Juan Almeida Bosque

Juan Almeida Bosque
Almeida in 1963
Born	(1927-02-17)17 February 1927 Havana, Cuba
Died	11 September 2009(2009-09-11) (aged 82) Havana, Cuba
Political party	Communist Party of Cuba

Juan Almeida Bosque (17 February 1927 – 11 September 2009) was a Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the insurgent forces in the Cuban Revolution. After the rebels took power in 1959, he was a prominent figure in the Communist Party of Cuba. At the time of his death, he was a Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State and was its third ranking member. He received several decorations, and national and international awards, including the title of "Hero of the Republic of Cuba" and the Order of Máximo Gómez.^[1]