Benjamín León Jr, new US ambassador to Spain.
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President-elect Donald Trump has put ahead Cuban-born businessman Benjamín León Jr. as his subsequent ambassador to Spain, a place this is these days vacant because of the untimely retirement of Julissa Reynoso.
‘He got here to america from communist Cuba when he was once 16 years outdated, with simplest 5 greenbacks in his pocket, and controlled to show his corporate, Leon Scientific Facilities, into an unbelievable industry,’ stated Trump on X, praising the virtues of his candidate.
Billionaire Cuban businessman began out with the humblest beginnings
Born in Oriente (Cuba) in 1944, his circle of relatives left the Caribbean island in 1961, after the Cuban revolution. He set to work in Miami washing dishes and handing over newspapers till in the end he become a millionaire businessman, in keeping with Florida media profiles. He’s a self-declared anti-Communist and donor to the Republican Celebration, which he has supported from the start of Trump’s campaigns.
León, 80 years outdated, should nonetheless obtain the approval of the Senate, with out a fastened timetable for this kind of process. The Higher Space will first prioritise resolving the affirmation of Trump‘s cupboard when he is taking his position within the Oval Place of work another time on January 20.
Right through his first tenure within the White Space, Donald Trump became to someone else from the industry box, Duke Buchan, to constitute the pursuits of america in Spain and Andorra.
Incumbent president Joe Biden put Democrat Julissa Reynoso into the United States Embassy in Madrid. She resigned from the put up on July 4 and has now not since been changed.