at the Havana Psychiatric Hospital (Mazorra) died in 2010. Balaguer consequently approved the creation of a commission to look into the circumstances that led to the deaths. Although several doctors and officials connected with the hospital were imprisoned, Balaguer himself escaped public censure. Later life After his term as health minister came to an end, Balaguer was elected to the party’s Central Committee in April 2011, heading its Department of Foreign Relations. He also resigned his seat on the more influential politburo, ending his decades-long tenure on the body. He eventually retired from public life in 2019, citing ill health. Balaguer died on 15 July 2022 at the age of 90. His cremated remains were first honoured at the veterans' pantheon in the Colon Cemetery, before being transported to the mausoleum of the combatants of the II Frank País Eastern Front in Santiago de Cuba, close to his place of birth. References Specific Bibliography External links Paper by Balaguer 1932 births 2022 deaths Ambassadors of Cuba to Russia Ambassadors of Cuba to the Soviet Union Communist Party of Cuba politicians Cuban people of Catalan descent Cuban revolutionaries Government ministers of Cuba Members of the National Assembly of People's Power University of Havana alumni