Prime Minister of Cuba
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba | |
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| Primer Ministro de la República de Cuba | |
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 Prime Minister standard | |
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| Council of Ministers of Cuba Government of Cuba | |
| Style | Mr Premier (informal) |
| Type | Head of government |
| Member of | Council of Ministers Council of State |
| Nominator | President of Cuba |
| Appointer | National Assembly of People's Power |
| Term length | Five years, |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Cuba (2019) |
| Precursor | President of the Council of State |
| Formation | 10 October 1940 |
| First holder | Carlos Saladrigas Zayas |
| Unofficial names | Premier |
| Website | www.cubagob.cu |
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 Cuba portal |
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 Cuba, after the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and the president of Cuba, and the second-highest state office.
The office of prime minister was first instituted in 1940 in accordance with the provisions of the
On 2 December 1976 a new national constitution, restructuring the government, came into force. Under that constitution, the prime minister's post was effectively merged with that of the
The 1976 constitution created a governmental structure that partly copied that of the
On 24 February 2019, another constitution – Cuba's current – was adopted in a
See also
- Elections in Cuba
- Council of Ministers (Cuba)
- President of Cuba
- List of presidents of Cuba
Footnotes
- ^ 1959: Castro sworn in as Cuban PM BBC online.
- ^ Mimi White-field (25 February 2019). "Cuba approves new constitution: What changes, what doesn't?". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz prime minister. He's the first person to hold that position in 43 years