Ramón Zaydín

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zaydín and the second or maternal family name is Márquez Sterling.

His Excellency Ramón Zaydín
2nd Prime Minister of Cuba
In office 16 August 1942 – 16 March 1944
President	Fulgencio Batista
Preceded by	Carlos Saladrigas
Succeeded by	Anselmo Alliegro
Personal details
Born	1895 Havana, Cuba
Died	July 23, 1968(1968-07-23) (aged 72–73) Madrid, Spain
Political party	Liberal Party of Cuba
Spouse	Maria Antonia Diago
Alma mater	University of Havana
Profession	Lawyer, politician

Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling (1895–1968) was a Cuban politician and Prime Minister of Cuba.

He was an Abogado-notario. He served in the House of Representatives, and was elected as its president from April 1925 to April 1927. He was delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1940, a Senator, Prime Minister of Cuba (1942-1944), and vice-presidential candidate in the elections of 1944. He was also a professor at the University of Havana School of Law. He was married to Maria Antonia Diago.

References

• Fulgencio Batista, From Revolutionary to Strongman (Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8135-3701-6)
• Anuario Social de La Habana 1939, (Luz-Hilo, S.A.) (in Spanish)
• Directorio Social de La Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.) (in Spanish)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950, (Editorial Lex) (in Spanish)
• Registro Social de La Habana 1958, (Molina y Cia, S.A.) (in Spanish)
• Otero, Juan Joaquin (1954). Libro De Cuba, Una Enciclopedia Ilustrada Que Abarca Las Artes, Las Letras, Las Ciencias, La Economia, La Politica, La Historia, La Docencia, Y El Progreso General De La Nacion Cubana - Edicion Conmemorative del Cincuentenario de la Republica de Cuba, 1902-1952. (Spanish)