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Eusebio Leal
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Name
Eusebio Leal
Role
Historian
Eusebio leal historiador de la habana
Eusebio Leal Spengler, (born 11 September 1942 in Havana, Cuba), is the Havana City Historian, director of the restoration program of Old Havana and its historical center, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Deputy to the National Assembly of the Popular Power in the IV, V and VI Legislature, Ambassador of Good Will of the United Nations, the University of Havana and has his masters in Latin American, Caribbean, and Cuban Studies. He is President of the Commission of Monuments in the City of Havana and a specialist in Archeological Sciences. His son, Javier Leal, runs a travel agency and an art gallery in Barcelona, Spain.
Postgraduate in Italy on restoration of Historical Centers, he was granted a scholarship conferred by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Italian Republic
Specialist in Archaeological Science, University of Havana, 1987
Master of Studies on Latin America, the Caribbean and Cuba, University of Havana, 1996
Doctor in Historical Sciences, University of Havana, 1997
Doctor Honoris Causes in Philosophy and Letters of the University of Athens, Greece
Doctor Honoris Causes in Architecture of the University of Ferrara, Italy
Doctor Honoris Causes in Architecture of the University of the Republic, Uruguay
Member of
Member of:
The Permanent Commission of International Relations of the National Assembly of Cuba
The Group of Patrimony of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba
The Advisory Technical Council of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cuba
Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana
The Cuban National Committee of ICOMOS
Member of Honor of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba
Member of Honor of the National Union of Historians of Cuba
Member of Honor of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC)
The Advisory Committee for the Eradication of the Poverty of the Program of the Nations United for the Development
The Society Smithsonian, the United States
The National Trust of Preservation, England
Honor of the Latin American Organization of Cooperación Intermunicipal (OICI)
The Academy of History of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Academic Activity
Academic activity:
Academic of Number of the Cuban Academy of the Language, Corresponding of the Real Academia Española
Professor Titular of the Chair of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Havana
Member of the Chairs Eloy Alfaro and Juan Gualberto Go'mez of the University of Havana
Corresponding member of the Real Spanish Academy of History
Corresponding member of the Real Spanish Academy of Beautiful Arts of San Fernando, like Competent in Art
Corresponding member of the Venezuelan Academy of History
Corresponding member of the Peruvian Academy of History.
Member of the Association of Latin American Historians(ADHILAC)
Member of Honor of the Union of Architects and Engineers of Cuba
Eminent Professor of the catholic university of Valley of Atemajac University, Mexico
Corresponding member of the National Academy of History of Peru
Emeritus Professor of the University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
Emeritus Professor of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Highest Rank Professor of the Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
Invited professor of the Universidad de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Visitant professor on the matter "Compared History of Hispanic-America" in the Institute of Diplomacy and International Sciences of the University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
President of the Society of Cuba-Mexico Friendship
Adviser of the Congress of Integración Latin American Cultural (CICLA)
Patron of Honor of the Foundation of File of Indian, Asturias, Spain
Honours
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic with the degree of Official Horseman
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland with Star of Silver
Order to the Merit of the Republic of Poland with Gold Star
Order of Merit by Distinguished Services of the Republic of Peru, Grand Cross
Order of Merit by Distinguished Services of the Republic of Peru, Grand Official
Order to the Merit of the Republic of Colombia in the degree of Commander
Order of Academic Palms of France in the Commission rank
Order of the Arts and Letters of France
National Order of the Legion of Honour of France
Awards
Various awards:
Prize the International of Architecture Philippe Rothie of Belgium
Prize 2002 of the Association for the Management of the Urban Centers AGECU in the Section of Latin American Initiative, Valencia, Spain
First Prize to the Restoration of the city of Alcalá de Henares
Prize ARPAFIL of the Fair the International of Libro - Guadalajara 2002
Prize of the city of Barcelona of 1998
Prize of the city of Valencia
Prize Arthur Posnansky granted by the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia
Prize of the Real Foundation of Toledo by the Rehabilitation of the Historical Center of Havana, in act presided over by HM the King of Spain
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, Poland
Medal 1300 years of the Bulgarian State
Medal by the XL Anniversary of the victory on the fascismo of the Republic of Bulgaria
Medal by the XL Anniversary of the victory on the fascismo of the socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia.
Medal of Presidential Honor Pablo Neruda, Republic of Chile