Distinction "Enrique Hart".

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Distinción "Enrique Hart". Awarded for 25 years sevice in public administration.

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Awarded to Cuban workers in recognition to merits reached during 25 or more years in public administration field and had kept an exemplary and matching attitude to revolutionary principles. Also, in exceptional cases, it can be awarded to other workers or to foreign citizens who had contributed noticeably to the development of this field.
The Distinction “Enrique Hart” will be awarded by the Excecutive Secretariat of the National Syndicate of Public Administration´s Workers together with the Ministers or Chiefs of the State organs in charge of the public administration´s duties.

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The Man behind the award

Armando Enrique Hart Dávalos (born 1930) is a Cuban politician and a Communist leader. His grandfather was born in Georgia, USA and emigrated to Cuba as a child.

Before the revolution which ousted President Fulgencio Batista, Hart studied to be a lawyer at the University of Havana. While there, he became politically active and would soon join Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in their fight against Batista. As Castro and Che Guevara were leading the guerrilla warfare in the Cuban mountains and jungles, Amando Hart became one of the main organizers of the revolutionary movement in the cities.

When Batista was finally overthrown, Hart was made the first Minister of Education of the Revolution, and later served as the Minister of Culture (1976-1997), as well as a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba.

In January 2005, Armando Hart wrote an article on Joseph Stalin, in which he denounced the ideas of Stalinism and its practice, while defending the ideas of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Fidel Castro, and Leon Trotsky.

Armando Hart is the father of Celia Hart, born in 1962

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Close up of the Medal

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See also: http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/Enrique_H...C3%A1valos

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An example with a more modern clasp.

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The Ribbon Bar.