8 THE CUBA REVIEW 
DR. ALFREDO ZAYAS, NEW PRESIDENT OF CUBA 
Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso was inaugurated the fourth President of Cuba on May 
20th. He took the oath of office before a brilliant assemblage in the National Palace 
in Havana. 
Dr. Zayas was educated in the University of Havana. He is one of the most pre- 
eminent figures of Cuba and is well known in all institutions of Cuba as a noted orator 
and writer. He is also a distinguished attorney at law. 
In the War of Independence he served as delegate of the revolutionary party from 
Havana, for which he was imprisoned in 1896. When independence was declared he 
was made Lieutenant Mayor of the municipality of Havana and was elected to the con- 
stitutional convention in 1901. Later he was senator from Havana and President. of 
the senate from 1902 to 1908. From 1909 to 1911 he was Vice-President of Cuba. 
