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First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba
Incumbent
Miguel Díaz-Canel

since 19 April 2021
Central Committee
StyleComrade (Formal)
TypeParty leader
Supreme leader
Member ofCentral Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
SeatPalace of the Revolution
Havana, Cuba
AppointerCentral Committee
Term lengthFive years
renewable once
Constituting instrumentStatute of the Communist Party of Cuba
Formation3 October 1965
First holderFidel Castro
DeputySecond Secretary

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba) is the de facto leader of Cuba. The First Secretary is the highest office within the Communist Party of Cuba as well as ranking first in the Politburo, the highest decision-making body in Cuba, which makes the office holder the most powerful person in the Cuban government.

Officeholders[change | change source]

Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term Second Secretary
Took office Left office Duration
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
(1925–1939)
José Miguel Pérez [es]
José Miguel Pérez [es]
(1896–1936[1])
20 August 1925[1]19250 years
José Peña Vilaboa
José Peña Vilaboa
(1891–1927)
192519260–1 years
Jorge Vivo
Jorge Vivo
(1890–1950)
1927August 19335–6 years
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
(1925–1939)
Blas Roca Calderio
Blas Roca Calderio
(1908–1987)
December 193319395–6 years
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Union
(1939–1944)
Blas Roca Calderio
Blas Roca Calderio
(1908–1987)
193919444–5 years
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party
(1944–1961)
Blas Roca Calderio
Blas Roca Calderio
(1908–1987)
194424 June 196116–17 years
First Secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations
(1961–1962)
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
(1926–2016)
July 196126 March 19628 monthsRaúl Castro
(1961 – 1962)
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Party for the Socialist Revolution of Cuba
(1962–1965)
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
(1926–2016)
26 March 19623 October 19653 years, 191 daysRaúl Castro
(1962 – 1965)
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
(1965–present)
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
(1926–2016)
3 October 196519 April 2011[2]45 years, 198 daysRaúl Castro
(1965 – 2011)
Raúl Castro
Raúl Castro
(born 1931)
19 April 2011[2]19 April 202110 years, 0 daysJosé Ramón Machado Ventura
(since 2011)
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Miguel Díaz-Canel
(born 1960)
19 April 2021Incumbent2 years, 346 daysJosé Ramón Machado Ventura[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Canarias-semanal.org. "JOSÉ MIGUEL PÉREZ, EL PALMERO QUE FUNDÓ NADA MENOS QUE DOS PARTIDOS COMUNISTAS". Canarias-semanal I Digital informativo de ámbito internacional y actualización diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Fidel Castro at Cuba congress alongside Raul". BBC News. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. Meneses, Yaima Puig (April 21, 2021). "Díaz-Canel chairs the Extraordinary Plenary of the Party in Havana (+ Video)". Retrieved April 21, 2021.