José Irisarri

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (born 1895 - 1968) was a lawyer and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.

Early life
José Irisarri was born in 1895 in Havana, Cuba.

He was a lawyer and formerly one of the legal advisors to the Royal Bank of Canada. He was a law partner of Cuban General Mario García Menocal's son-inlaw.

Politics
For rejecting the Presidency of a Gerardo Machado electoral district, he was imprisoned for two years in Castillo del Príncipe on the Isle of Pines.

He went into exile in May 1931 and returned to Cuba upon de Cespedes' presidency.

Pentarchy of 1933
Irisarri was a part of the five-man Presidency of Cuba including Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramón Grau, and Sergio Carbó.

Death
José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio died in 1968.