Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa (1878 – 1950) was a Cuban Conservative business man, banker[3] and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.

[5] He managed the local Havana branch of the National City Bank of New York and was director of the Banco Nacional de Cuba.

After Gerardo Machado was deposed on August 12, 1933, Franca declined to accept an offer as the Secretary of the Treasury under the incoming Céspedes administration.

[5] Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada served as President of Cuba from August 13 to September 1933 before an executive committee was appointed which included Porfirio Franca.

[8] Franca agreed to serve on the executive commission until a new president was named which was Dr. Ramón Grau of the Pentarchy, on September 10, 1933.