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Miera, Alvaro* |
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Division General |
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1943 |
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Chief of General Staff, Member of the Central Committee of the
Cuban Communist Party |
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Alvaro Lopez Miera is the son of a former Spanish Republican leader,
who came to the island as an exile and who was a professor of
chemistry at the Santiago de Cuba University.
Lopez Miera, had a long military career, participating in
missions in Angola and Ethiopia. He was decorated on several
occasions and bears the honorary title of "Hero of the Republic
of Cuba." He has been a member of the Communist Party's Central
Committee since 1980 and was deputy chief of staff at the time of
his appointment, according to a statement released by the
Revolutionary Armed Forces, which are headed by Raul Castro,
President Fidel Castro's brother.
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