CAN CI O 



LEOPOLDO CANCIO Y LUNA 



Economist; publicist; fin- 

 ancier; Secretary of the 

 Treasury of the Republic of 

 Cuba, IQ13. 



Leopoldo Cancio y Luna was born on the 

 thirtieth of May, 185 1, in the historic town 

 of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, where he received 

 his early education, later attending the 

 Colegio "El Salvador" in Havana founded 

 by Don Jose de la Luz Caballero. From 

 there he went on to the University of Ha- 

 vana where he obtained the degree of Doc- 

 tor of Laws in 1873. Already revolution 

 was in the air and Dr. Cancio attached him- 

 self to the group of young men who aspired 

 after a free Cuba. In 1879 he was elected 

 one of the Deputies from Cuba to the Span- 

 ish Cortes. At almost the same time he 

 was elected a member of the governing 

 committee of the new Autonomist party 



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