Celia Sánchez (de facto leading female revolutionary figure after 1959)

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Celia Sánchez was a prominent Cuban revolutionary, close confidante of Fidel Castro, and one of the most influential women in the Cuban Revolution and subsequent government.

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instanceOf Cuban revolutionary ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
activeYears 1950s–1980 ⓘ
advisorTo Fidel Castro ⓘ
associatedWith Communist Party of Cuba ⓘ
birthDate 1920-05-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Media Luna, Oriente Province, Cuba ⓘ
linked to: eastern Cuba
burialPlace Cementerio de Colón, Havana, Cuba ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
closeConfidantOf Fidel Castro ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cuba ⓘ
deathDate 1980-01-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cuban ⓘ
familyName Sánchez ⓘ
fullName Celia Sánchez Manduley ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Celia ⓘ
helpedOrganize Granma landing logistics ⓘ
honoredBy various institutions and places named after her in Cuba ⓘ
influentialIn post-1959 Cuban government policy ⓘ
knownAs one of the most important women of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
knownFor maintaining extensive archives and documentation of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
organizing urban and rural support networks for guerrilla fighters ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
legacy symbol of female participation in the Cuban revolutionary process ⓘ
memberOf 26th of July Movement ⓘ
militaryRole logistics and supply coordination for rebel forces in the Sierra Maestra ⓘ
movement 26th of July Movement ⓘ
notableFor close collaboration with Fidel Castro ⓘ
leadership role in the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
occupation government official ⓘ
political organizer ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
participatedIn Cuban Revolution ⓘ
politicalAlignment Cuban Revolution ⓘ
politicalOffice Secretary to the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba ⓘ
member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba ⓘ
member of the Council of State of Cuba ⓘ
preRevolutionActivity anti-Batista activism in Oriente Province ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Havana, Cuba ⓘ
roleInOrganization key organizer of the 26th of July Movement in Oriente ⓘ
workedWith Fidel Castro ⓘ

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Marta Fernández Miranda → successor → Celia Sánchez (de facto leading female revolutionary figure after 1959) ⓘ