Republic of Cuba in Arms
Republic of Cuba in Arms República de Cuba en Armas | |||||||||
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| 1869–1878 1895–1899 | |||||||||
Flags used
Coat of arms
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| Demonyms | |||||||||
| Government | Revolutionary republic | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1869–1873 | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes | ||||||||
• 1897–1899 | Bartolomé Masó | ||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||
• 1869–1873 | Francisco Vicente Aguilera | ||||||||
• 1897–1899 | Domingo Méndez Capote | ||||||||
| Independence from the Captaincy General of Cuba and the Spanish Empire | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Adoption of the Guáimaro Constitution | April 10, 1869 | ||||||||
| February 10, 1878 | |||||||||
| September 16, 1895 | |||||||||
• Creation of the Military Government of Cuba | January 1, 1899 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1877 census | 1,509,291 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Cuba | ||||||||
The Republic of Cuba in Arms (Spanish: República de Cuba en Armas) was the government that occupied the revolutionary era of Cuba that existed in two periods, the first period occurring during the Ten Years' War from 1868 to 1878, governed by the Guáimaro Constitution, and the second period, following the Little War, occurring during the Cuban War of Independence from 1895 to 1899, governed by the Jimaguayú Constitution. The first President of the Cuban Republic in Arms was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. The first Vice President of the Republic in Arms was Francisco Vicente Aguilera.