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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer, in
Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March 24,
2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Diego Cortes Asencio (b. 1931) —
also known as Diego C. Asencio —
of Florida.
Born in Almeria, Spain,
July
15, 1931.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1977; Brazil, 1983-86.
Spanish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bruno A. Barreiro —
of Florida.
Member of Florida
state house of representatives 107th District, 1992-98.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Gustavo Barreiro (b. 1959) —
of Florida.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba, July 12,
1959.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 107th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Annie Betancourt (b. 1947) —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, March 3,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 116th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 25th District, 2002.
Female.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2002.
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Gaston Cantens (b. 1961) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., 1961.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 114th District, 1999-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2004.
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Pablo Leandro Cejas (b. 1943) —
also known as Paul L. Cejas —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born January
4, 1943.
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1998-.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carlos Manuel de Cespedes —
also known as Carlos M. de Cespedes —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1875-76.
Cuban ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alex Diaz de la Portilla (b. 1964) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., August
25, 1964.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 115th District, 1995-.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart (b. 1954) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, August
13, 1954.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1987-89; defeated (Democratic),
1982; member of Florida
state senate, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 21st District, 1993-.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Rodolfo Garcia, Jr. (b. 1963) —
also known as Rudy Garcia —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April 15,
1963.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 110th District, 1985-88,
1989-2000; member of Florida
state senate 40th District, 2001-.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Jaycees;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Dick A. Greco, Jr. (b. 1933) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., September
14, 1933.
Son of Dick Greco, Sr. and Evelyn (Cotarelo) Greco.
Hardware
business; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1967-74, 1995-2003; resigned 1974; defeated, 2011.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Alberto Gutman (b. 1959) —
also known as Al Gutman —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, January
4, 1959.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; member of Florida
state senate 34th District, 1992-99.
Jewish.
Cuban ancestry. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
In 1999, he was indicted,
along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of Medicaid
fraud and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to felony conspiracy charges
that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any
legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter
lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; resigned
from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; sentenced
in 2000 to five years in prison,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 1999.
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Carlos A. Lacasa (b. 1963) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
6, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1995-.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Robert Martinez (b. 1934) —
also known as Bob Martinez —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., December
25, 1934.
Republican. School
teacher; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1979-86; resigned 1986; Governor of
Florida, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Manuel Prieguez (b. 1971) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
24, 1971.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 113th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, Young
Americans for Freedom.
Still living as of 1999.
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Luis Rojas (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, July 15,
1953.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 102nd District, 1989-.
Christian.
Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (b. 1952) —
also known as Ileana Ros —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, July 15,
1952.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1983-86; member of Florida
state senate, 1987-89; U.S.
Representative from Florida 18th District, 1989-.
Female.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Marco Rubio (b. 1971) —
of West Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., May 28,
1971.
Son of Mario Rubio (1927-2010) and Oria (Garcia) Rubio.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 111th District, 2000-08; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 2007-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2011-.
Catholic;
later Evangelical
Christian. Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Anthony Suarez (b. 1953) —
of Florida.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
16, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 35th District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Carlos L. Valdés (b. 1951) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, May 4,
1951.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 111th District, 1989-.
Catholic.
Cuban ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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J. Alex Villalobos (b. 1963) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
2, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 112th District, 1993-.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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