The vice president of Cuba, previously the vice president of the Council of State between 1976 and 2019, is the second highest political position obtainable in the Council of State of Cuba. Currently there is a provision for several vice presidents, who are elected in the same manner as the president of Cuba.
| Vice President of the Republic of Cuba | |
|---|---|
| Vicepresidente de la República de Cuba (Spanish) | |
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| Council of State | |
| Style | Mr Vice President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Residence | Palacio de la Revolución |
| Appointer | National Assembly of People's Power |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once[1] |
| Formation | 2 December 1976 |
| First holder | Raúl Castro |
Historically, the vice president of Cuba was elected in the same ticket with the president. The position has been in use 1902–1928, 1936, 1940–1958, and since 1976.
List of officeholders
editVice presidents of the Republic in Arms (1869–1899)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Francisco Vicente Aguilera (1821–1877) |
April 1869 | 22 February 1877 † | 7 years, 10 months | Independent | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes | ||
| 2 | 
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Francisco Javier de Céspedes (1821–1903) |
April 1877 | October 1877 | 6 months | Independent | Tomás Estrada Palma | ||
| Vacant 1878 – 1895 | |||||||||
| 3 | 
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Bartolomé Masó Márquez (1830–1907) |
September 1895 | September 1897 | 2 years | Cuban Revolutionary Party | Salvador Cisneros Betancourt | ||
| 4 | 
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Domingo Méndez Capote (1863–1934) |
September 1897 | May 1899 | 1 year, 8 months | Cuban Revolutionary Party | Bartolomé Masó Márquez | ||
Vice presidents of the Republic (1902–1959)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Luis Estévez y Romero (1849–1909) |
May 1902 | March 1905 | 2 years, 10 months | Moderate Party | Tomás Estrada Palma | ||
| 2 |
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Domingo Méndez Capote (1863–1934) |
January 1906 | September 1906 | 8 months | Moderate Party | Tomás Estrada Palma | ||
| Vacant 1906 – 1909 | |||||||||
| 3 | 
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Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861–1934) |
January 1909 | May 1913 | 4 years, 4 months | Liberal Party | José Miguel Gómez | [2] | |
| 4 | 
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Enrique José Varona (1849–1933) |
20 May 1913 | 20 May 1917 | 4 years | Conservative Party | Mario García Menocal | [2] | |
| 5 | 
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Emilio Núñez (1855–1922) |
20 May 1917 | 20 May 1921 | 4 years | Conservative Party | Mario García Menocal | [2] | |
| 6 | 
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Francisco Carrillo Morales (1851–1926) |
20 May 1921 | 20 May 1925 | 4 years | Popular Party | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | [2] | |
| 7 |
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Carlos de la Rosa Hernández (c. 1870–1933) |
20 May 1925 | 1928 | 2–3 years | Liberal Party | Gerardo Machado | [2] | |
| Abolished[2] 1929 – 1936 | |||||||||
| 8 | 
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Federico Laredo Brú (1875–1946) |
20 May 1936 | December 1936 | 6 months | Liberal Party | Miguel Mariano Gómez | ||
| Vacant 1936 – 1940 | |||||||||
| 9 | 
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Gustavo Cuervo Rubio (1890–1978) |
10 October 1940 | 10 October 1944 | 4 years | Popular Socialist Coalition | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 10 |
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Raúl de Cárdenas Echarte (1884–1979) |
10 October 1944 | 10 October 1948 | 4 years | Authentic Party | Ramón Grau | [2] | |
| 11 | 
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Guillermo Alonso Pujol (1899–1973) |
10 October 1948 | 10 March 1952 | 3 years, 5 months | Authentic Party | Carlos Prío Socarrás | [2] | |
| Vacant 1952 – 1955 | |||||||||
| 12 |
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Rafael Guas Inclán (1896–1975) |
February 1955 | 1 January 1959 | 3 years, 11 months | National Action Party | Fulgencio Batista | [3] | |
First vice presidents of the Council of State (1976–2019)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Raúl Castro (born 1931) |
December 1976 | February 2008 | 31 years, 2 months | Communist Party | Fidel Castro | ||
| 2 | 
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José Ramón Machado Ventura (born 1930) |
February 2008 | February 2013 | 5 years | Communist Party | Raúl Castro | ||
| 3 | 
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Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960) |
February 2013 | April 2018 | 5 years, 2 months | Communist Party | Raúl Castro | ||
| 4 |
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Salvador Valdés Mesa (born 1945) |
April 2018 | 10 October 2019 | 1 year, 6 months | Communist Party | Miguel Díaz-Canel | ||
Vice President of the Republic of Cuba (2019–present)
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 |
|
Salvador Valdés Mesa (born 1945) |
10 October 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 29 days | Communist Party | Miguel Díaz-Canel | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Raul Castro says Cuba needs term limits for its leaders". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hernández, Mario Riera (7 May 1968). "Cuba libre, 1895-1958: resumen histórico". Colonial Press of Miami – via Google Books.
- ^ "Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas". www.fidelcastro.cu.