SANTAMARIA 



LUIS SANTAMARIA 



Lawyer; diplomat. 



Luis Santamaria was born in Cuba in 

 the city of Pinar del Rio on the fourteenth 

 of June, 1886. He was educated at the 

 Institute of his native place and also at the 

 University of Havana, where he obtained 

 the degree of Bachelor of Letters and 

 Sciences. He also graduated as land sur- 

 veyor and land inspector and Doctor of 

 Civil Law. He was Master in Bankruptcy 

 twice and exercised during one year the said 

 profession. For one year he was employed 

 in the Secretary's office of the Senate of 

 the Cuban Republic. He served two years 

 as Second Secretary of the Cuban Legation 

 in Mexico and afterwards was promoted to 

 the rank of First Secretary and then for 

 eight years was Charge d'Affaires at the 



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