High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso (February 21, 1861, Havana, Cuba – April 11, 1934, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban lawyer, poet and political figure. He served as prosecutor, judge, mayor of Havana, secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Senator 1905, president of the Senate 1906, vice-president 1908–1913 and President of Cuba from May 20, 1921 to May 20, 1925.