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Between 1902 and 1976 (under the 1901 and the 1940 constitutions), the role of the head of state was performed by the president of Cuba. Between 1976 and 2019 (under the 1976 Constitution), the position of president was abolished and replaced by the president of the Council of State.
Raúl Castro. Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz[a] (/ ˈkæstroʊ / KASS-troh, [6] Latin American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, [7] from 2011 to 2021, and ...
The office in its current form was established under the Constitution of 2019. The President is the second-highest office in Cuba and the highest state office. Miguel Díaz-Canel became President of the Council of State on 19 April 2018, taking over from Raúl Castro, and has been President of Cuba since 10 October 2019.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz[a] (/ ˈkæstroʊ / KASS-troh, [1] Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
16 August 1942. 16 March 1944. 1 year, 213 days. Liberal. Fulgencio Batista. 3. Anselmo Alliegro y Milá. (1899–1961) 16 March 1944.
e. Fidel Castro proclaimed himself to be "a socialist, and Marxist–Leninist ". [ 1 ][ 2 ] As a Marxist–Leninist, Castro believed strongly in converting Cuba, and the wider world, from a capitalist system in which individuals own the means of production into a socialist system in which the means of production are owned by the workers.
Díaz-Canel was born on 20 April 1960 in Placetas, Villa Clara, to Aída Bermúdez, a schoolteacher, and Miguel Limón, a mechanical plant worker in Santa Clara, Cuba. [1] [2] He is of direct paternal Spanish-Asturian descent; his great-grandfather Ramon Diaz-Canel left Castropol, Asturias, Spain for Havana in the late 19th century. [3] [4]
The prime minister of Cuba (Spanish: primer ministro de Cuba), officially known as the president of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Cuba) between 1976 and 2019, is the head of government of Cuba and the chairman of the Council of Ministers (cabinet). The prime minister is the third-highest office in ...