 Complete the following sentence: Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar ; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901  August 6, 1973 was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator from 1952 to 1959 before being overthrown during the Cuban Revolution. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar ; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901  August 6, 1973 was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator from 1952 to 1959 before being overthrown during the Cuban Revolution. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar ; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901  August 6, 1973 was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator from 1952 to 1959 ṣaaju ki o to di ti o ti a ti sọkalẹ nigba ti awọn : Ìyípadà Cuba. Batista kọkọ dé ipò agbára gẹgẹ bí apá kan Ìdìtẹ àwọn Olóyè ní 1933, èyí tí ó sọ ìjọba ààlà Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada dìdàkudà. Lẹyìn náà, ó yan ara rẹ gẹgẹ bí olórí àwọn ọmọ ogun, ó di ọgágun, ó sì ń ṣàkóso ìjọba àpapọ tó ní àwọn mẹẹẹdógún nínú, èyí tó jẹ olórí gbogbo orílẹ-èdè. O ṣetọju iṣakoso yii nipasẹ lẹsẹsẹ ti awọn alaga ti o ni ẹtan titi di ọdun 1940, nigbati a yan ara rẹ ni Alakoso ti Cuba lori pẹpẹ ti o ni imọran. Ó wá dá Òfin Kùbá ti 1940 sílẹ, ó sì sìn títí di 1944. Lẹyìn tí Batista parí ipò rẹ, ó kó lọ sí Florida, ó padà sí Cuba láti dìbò fún ipò ààrẹ ní 1952. Níwọn bí ó ti jẹ pé ó dájú pé òun kò ní lè borí nínú ìdìbò, ó darí ìdìbò ológun kan sí Ààrẹ Carlos Prío Socarrás tí ó yọrí sí ìdìbò náà. 