Prime Minister of Cuba

Prime Minister of Cuba
Prime Minister of Cuba
Primer Ministro de Cuba
	Flag of the prime minister of Cuba
	Incumbent; Manuel Marrero Cruz; since 21 December 2019
	Council of Ministers of Cuba; Government of Cuba
Style	Mr Premier (informal)
Type	Head of government
Member of	Council of Ministers; Council of State
Seat	Havana
Nominator	President of Cuba
Appointer	National Assembly of People's Power
Term length	Five years
Formation	10 October 1940; 83 years ago
First holder	Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Unofficial names	Premier
Website	www.cubagob.cu

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

coup. Fidel Castro became prime minister in 1959, replacing José Miró Cardona.^[1]

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

Council of Ministers of Cuba

.

The 1976 constitution created a governmental structure that partly copied that of the

Council of Ministers were chaired by different people, the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers were chaired by the same person. Furthermore, unlike English and Russian, Spanish

does not distinguish between the terms "chairman/председатель" and "president/президент", translating both as "presidente".

On 24 February 2019, another constitution – Cuba's current – was adopted in a

Manuel Marrero was named prime minister for a 5-year term by President Miguel Díaz-Canel on 21 December 2019, under the new constitutional provisions, and was approved unanimously by the National Assembly to serve the same day.^[3]

List of prime ministers

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

[1] 1959: Castro sworn in as Cuban PM BBC online.

[2] Mimi White-field (25 February 2019). "Cuba approves new constitution: What changes, what doesn't?". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[3] Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz prime minister. He's the first person to hold that position in 43 years

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v t e Prime ministers of Cuba (list)
Prime ministers	Saladrigas Zayas Zaydín Alliegro Lancís Sánchez Prío Socarrás López del Castillo de Varona Lancís Sánchez Gans Batista García Montes Rivero Agüero Núñez Portuondo Güell Miró Cardona F. Castro
Presidents of the Council of Ministers	F. Castro R. Castro Díaz-Canel
Prime ministers	Marrero Cruz

List of prime ministers

See also

Footnotes