Emilio Núñez Portuondo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emilio Núñez Portuondo

Cuban politician

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1898

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1978

Profession: lawyer, diplomat

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emilio Núñez Portuondo (September 13, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.
– August 19, 1978 in Panama) was a Cuban politician, lawyer, and diplomat.
He was the 13th Prime Minister of Cuba in 1958.
He received the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France. Dr.
Núñez attended La Salle School in Cuba and graduated as doctor of civil and public law in 1919 from the University of Havana.
He served as a Representative and Senator from the Las Villas Province and also as the Cuban Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Panama, Peru, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
He was Secretary of the Constitutional Convention of 1940.
Dr.
Ramón Grau San Martín was the President of the Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1940 Constitution of Cuba. Dr.
Núñez Portuondo served as the Cuban Permanent Representative with the rank of Ambassador to the United Nations in 1952–1958; and was also Minister of Labor in 1954.
He served as President of the U.N.
Security Council in September 1957.
He was Prime Minister of Cuba March 6- March 12, 1958. Dr.
Núñez Portuondo is best remembered as the President of the UN Security Council during the USSR invasion of Hungary.
Dr.
Núñez Portuondo helped Cardinal Mindzenty of Hungary in assisting refugees into Cuba and the United States.