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Armando Hart (1930‒2017) joined the July 26 Movement in 1955. He was its national coordinator from early 1957 to January 1958, when he was captured and imprisoned until January 1, 1959. After the victory of the revolution Hart served as minister of education 1959–65; Communist Party organization secretary 1965–70; and...
Armando Hart (1930‒2017) joined the July 26 Movement in 1955. He was its national coordinator from early 1957 to January 1958, when he was captured and imprisoned until January 1, 1959. After the victory of the revolution Hart served as minister of education 1959–65; Communist Party organization secretary 1965–70; and minister of culture 1976–97. He was a member of the Communist Party Political Bureau from 1965–86 and Central Committee from 1965 until his death. Hart is the author of Aldabonazo: Inside the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1952–58 (2004).