List of heads of government of Cuba

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This article is about the heads of government of Cuba. For the heads of state of Cuba, see List of heads of state of Cuba.

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This article lists the heads of government of Cuba from 1940 until the present day.

Constitutional background

Between 1940 and 1976 (under the 1940 Constitution), the role of the head of government was performed by the Prime Minister of Cuba.

Between 1976 and 2019 (under the 1976 Constitution), the position of prime minister was abolished and replaced by the president of the Council of Ministers.

On 24 February 2019 (under the 2019 Constitution), the position of prime minister was restored.

On 21 December 2019, Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new prime minister.

Prime Ministers of Cuba

Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Political party	President
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	President
Prime Ministers
1		Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (1900–1956)	10 October 1940	16 August 1942	1 year, 310 days	Popular Socialist	Fulgencio Batista
2		Ramón Zaydín (1895–1968)	16 August 1942	16 March 1944	1 year, 213 days	Liberal	Fulgencio Batista
3		Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899–1961)	16 March 1944	10 October 1944	208 days	Liberal	Fulgencio Batista
4		Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976)	10 October 1944	13 October 1945	1 year, 3 days	Auténtico	Ramón Grau
5		Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977)	13 October 1945	1 May 1947	1 year, 200 days	Auténtico	Ramón Grau
6		Raúl López del Castillo (1893–1963)	1 May 1947	10 October 1948	1 year, 162 days	Auténtico	Ramón Grau
7		Manuel Antonio de Varona (1908–1992)	10 October 1948	6 October 1950	1 year, 361 days	Auténtico	Carlos Prío Socarrás
(4)		Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976)	6 October 1950	1 October 1951	360 days	Auténtico	Carlos Prío Socarrás
8		Óscar Gans (1903–1965)	1 October 1951	10 March 1952	161 days	Progressive Action	Carlos Prío Socarrás
9		Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973)	10 March 1952	4 April 1952	25 days	Progressive Action	Fulgencio Batista
Vacant (4 April 1952 – 24 February 1955)
10		Jorge García Montes (1896–1982)	24 February 1955	26 March 1957	2 years, 30 days	Progressive Action	Fulgencio Batista
11		Andrés Rivero Agüero (1905–1996)	26 March 1957	6 March 1958	345 days	Progressive Action	Fulgencio Batista
12		Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978)	6 March 1958	12 March 1958	6 days	Progressive Action	Fulgencio Batista
13		Gonzalo Güell (1895–1985)	12 March 1958	1 January 1959	295 days	Progressive Action	Fulgencio Batista

Republic of Cuba (1959–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Political party	Elected	President
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Elected	President
Prime Ministers
1		José Miró Cardona (1902–1974)	5 January 1959	13 February 1959	39 days	Independent	–	Manuel Urrutia Lleó
2		Fidel Castro (1926–2016)	13 February 1959	2 December 1976	17 years, 293 days	M-26-7 PCC	–	Manuel Urrutia Lleó Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
(2)		Fidel Castro (1926–2016)	2 December 1976	24 February 2008	31 years, 84 days	PCC	1976 1981 1986 1993 1998 2003	Himself (as President of the Council of State)
3		Raúl Castro (born 1931)	24 February 2008	19 April 2018	10 years, 54 days	PCC	2008 2013	Himself (as President of the Council of State)
4		Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960)	19 April 2018	21 December 2019	1 year, 246 days	PCC	2018	Himself (as President of the Council of State)
Prime Minister
5		Manuel Marrero Cruz (born 1963)	21 December 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 365 days	PCC	– 2023	Miguel Díaz-Canel

Timeline

References

Mimi Whitefield (25 February 2019). "Cuba approves new constitution: What changes, what doesn't?". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
Oppmann, Patrick (21 December 2019). "Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz prime minister". CNN. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
Frank, Marc (21 December 2019). "Cuba names prime minister in move to lighten presidential load". Reuters. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

External links

World Statesmen.org: profile of Cuba

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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

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