B EN AR D 



ALFREDO GONZALEZ BENARD 



Lawyer; public man. 



Alfredo Gonzales Benard was born 

 on the twenty-sixth of October, 187 1 , in the 

 city of Santiago de Cuba and received his 

 early education in his native city. His more 

 advanced studies he pursued in the Uni- 

 versity of Havana which he entered in 

 1888 and in which he obtained the degree 

 of Licentiate in Law in 1893 and in 1897 

 that of Doctor of Laws. 



Dr. Benard took up his residence in 

 Cardenas and entered upon the practice of 

 his profession, becoming in due course 

 Member of the Board of Education, Mem- 

 ber of the Board of Patrons of the "Santa 

 Isabel" Hospital, and legal representative 

 of his party. 



In November, 19 10, he was elected Rep- 

 resentative in Congress for Matanzas, re- 



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