Political Leaders: Cuba

Leaders of Cuba
(Republic of Cuba)

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Parties: PRC(A): Cuban Revolutionary Party (Authentic); PAU: United Action Party; PAP: Progressive Action Party; PP: Progressive Party; MR-26-7: Revolutionary Movement July 26th (1955-1961); ORI: Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (1961-1962); PURSC: United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution (1962-1965); PCC: Communist Party of Cuba (1965-); n/p: non-party

Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Heads of State

Presidents of the Republic
Ramón Grau San Martín               10 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1948 (+1969)  PRC(A)
Carlos Prío Socarrás                10 Oct 1948 - 10 Mar 1952 (+1977)s PRC(A)  
Fulgencio Batista Zaldívar          10 Mar 1952 - 14 Ago 1954 (+1973)  military/PAU/PAP (*)
Andrés Domingo Morales del Castillo 14 Aug 1954 - 24 Feb 1955          PAP (acting, interim)  
Fulgencio Batista Zaldívar          24 Feb 1955 -  1 Jan 1959 (+1973)  PAP
Anselmo Alliegro Milá                1 Jan 1959 -  2 Jan 1959          PP (acting)
Carlos Manuel Piedra Piedra          2 Jan 1959 -  2 Jan 1959 (+1988)  n/p (interim)
Manuel Urrutia Lleó                  3 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959 (+1981)  n/p
Oswaldo Dorticós Torrado            18 Jul 1959 -  2 Dec 1976 (+1983)s ORI, PURSC, PCC

Presidents of the Council of State
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz           3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008          PCC 
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz             24 Feb 2008 -                      PCC (acting for Fidel Castro from 31 Jul 2006)

(*) Styled head of State to 4 Apr 1952. Also prime minister from 11 Mar 1952 to 4 Apr 1952.

Heads of Government

Prime Ministers
Carlos Prío Socarrás                13 Oct 1945 -  1 May 1947 (+1977)s PRC(A)  
Raúl López del Castillo              1 May 1947 - 10 Oct 1948          PRC(A) 
Manuel Antonio de Varona Loredo     10 Oct 1948 -  6 Oct 1950 (+1992)  PRC(A)
Félix Lancís Sánchez                 6 Oct 1950 -  1 Oct 1951          PRC(A)
Óscar Gans López Martínez            1 Oct 1951 - 10 Mar 1952 (+1965)  PAU 
Jorge García Montes                 24 Feb 1955 - 27 Mar 1957          PAP
Andrés Rivero Agüero                27 Mar 1957 -  6 Mar 1958          PAP
Emilio Núñez Portuondo               6 Mar 1958 - 12 Mar 1958 (+1978)  PAP
Gonzalo Güell Morales de los Ríos   12 Mar 1958 -  1 Jan 1959          PAP
José Miró Cardona                    5 Jan 1959 - 13 Feb 1959 (+1974)  n/p  
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz          16 Feb 1959 -  3 Dec 1976          MR-26-7, ORI, PURSC, PCC

Presidents of the Council of Ministers
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz           3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008          PCC 
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz             24 Feb 2008 -                      PCC (acting for Fidel Castro from 31 Jul 2006)

First secretary of the PCC's Central Committee

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz           3 Oct 1965 -                      
 Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz            31 Jul 2006 -                      (acting for Fidel Castro)

->Membership of the PCC Political Bureau

Second secretary of the PCC's Central Committee

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz              3 Oct 1965 -

First vice presidents of the Council of State

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz              3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008          PCC
José Ramón Machado Ventura          24 Feb 2008 -                      PCC

Presidents of the National Assembly of People's Power

Blas Roca Calderío                  1976-1981 (+1987) PCC
Flavio Bravo Pardo                  1981-1988 (+)     PCC
Juan Aníbal Escalona Reguera        1990-1993         PCC
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada          1993-             PCC

Ministers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz             1959-2008         PCC
Julio Casas Regueiro                2008-             PCC

Ministers of External Relations

Alberto Inocente Álvarez            1945-1948 
Carlos Hevia de los Reyes           1948-1950 (+1964)
Ernesto Dihigo López Trigo          1950-1951 (+1991)
Miguel A. Suárez Fernández          1951 
Óscar B. Gans López Martínez        1951      (+1965)
Aureliano Sánchez Arango            1951-1952 (+1976)
Miguel Ángel de la Campa Caraveda   1952-1954 (+1965)
Andrés Domingo Morales del Castillo 1954-1955 (+1979)
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas             1955-1956 (+1956)
Gonzalo Güell Morales de los Ríos   1956-1959 (+1985)
Roberto Agramonte Pichardo          1959      (+1995)
Raúl Roa García                     1959-1976 (+1982) PCC
Isidoro Malmierca Peolí             1976-1992 (+2001) PCC
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada          1992-1993         PCC
Roberto Robaina González            1993-1999         PCC
Felipe Ramón Pérez Roque            1999-2009         PCC
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla            2009-             PCC

Ministers of the Interior

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez              1961-1968         PCC
Sergio del Valle Jiménez            1968-1979 (+2007) PCC
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez              1979-1986         PCC
Abelardo Colomé Ibarra              1986-             PCC

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