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| Coup d'Etat Batista, Fulgenico |  |
| 10th Mar Havana Batista fears that Barquin would oust him and his followers, and when it becomes apparent that Batista had little chance of winning the election he stages a coup |
| 10th Mar Havana Holds power with the backing of a nationalist section of the army as a "provisional president" for the next two years |
| Coup d'Etat Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| Fulgencio Batista leads a Coup d'‚tat, successfully overthrowing the Government of President Carlos Prˇo Socarr s |
| Election Batista, Fulgenico | |
| The 1952 election is a three-way race, Roberto Agramonte of the Ortodoxos party led in all the polls, followed by Dr. Aurelio Hevia of the Aut‚ntico party, and running a distant third was Batista, who was seeking a return to office |
| President Batista, Fulgenico | |
| 10th Mar Havana Appointed President of Cuba, 3rd term |
