Nicolas Arroyo

• Name — Nicolás Arroyo • Title — Cuban Minister of Public Works • Term Start — 1952 • Term End — 1958 • President — Fulgencio Batista • Order2 — 20th • Title2 — Cuban Ambassador to the United States • Term Start2 — 1958 • Term End2 — January 1959 • President2 — Fulgencio Batista • Predecessor2 — Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda • Successor2 — Ernesto Dihigo • Birth Name — Nicolas Arroyo y Marquez • Born — 31 August 1917 • Birthplace — Havana, Cuba • Died — 13 July 2008 • Place of death — Washington, D.C. • Spouse — Gabriela Menendez Garcia-Beltran (1942–2008) • Children — Nicolas Arroyo-Menendez • Education — University of Havana • Occupation — Architect

Arroyo was the third of five children born to lawyer Nicholas Arroyo, and Hortensia Marquez. He received his architecture degree from the University of Havana in 1941 and practiced in Cuba until 1959, during which time he also served as Cuba's minister of public works.

Arroyo was the Cuban ambassador to the United States from 1957 to 1958. After the 1959 Cuban revolution, he settled in Washington, D.C., and established an architectural practice focused on residential and commercial projects; he also had business interests in South America and Arlington, Virginia. Arroyo was a member of the American Institute of Architects and served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1971 to 1976.

In December 1942, he married fellow architect Gabriela Menendez Garcia-Beltran (died 10 July 2008) and formed the architectural firm "Arroyo y Menendez."

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