President of Cuba

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President of the Republic of Cuba
Presidente de la República de Cuba
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Incumbent Miguel Díaz-Canel since 10 October 2019
Presidential Office of Cuba Executive branch of the Government of Cuba
Style	Mr President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of state
Member of	National Assembly of People's Power
Reports to	Council of State
Residence	Palacio de la Revolución
Nominator	National Assembly of People's Power
Appointer	National Assembly of People's Power
Term length	Five years, renewable once[1]
Constituting instrument	Constitution of 2019
Precursor	President of the Council of State
Formation	12 April 1902; 122 years ago (1902-04-12)
First holder	Tomás Estrada Palma
Abolished	December 1976–October 2019
Deputy	Vice President
Website	Official website

Politics of Cuba
Constitution Law
Communist Party 8th term Congress Rules Central Committee (8th) First Secretary Miguel Díaz-Canel Second Secretary José Ramón Machado Ventura Politburo (8th) Secretariat (8th)
National Assembly 9th term President Esteban Lazo Hernández Vice President Ana María Marí Machado Secretary Homero Acosta Álvarez Council of State (9th) President Esteban Lazo Hernández Vice President Ana María Marí Machado Secretary Homero Acosta Álvarez Presidency (9th) President (list) Miguel Díaz-Canel Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa Council of Ministers (9th—list) Prime Minister (list) Manuel Marrero Cruz Deputy Prime Minister Ramiro Valdés Menendéz Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca Inés María Chapman Waugh Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz Alejandro Gil Fernández Secretary José Amado Ricardo Guerra Judiciary People's Supreme Court (9th) President Ruben Remigio Ferro Vice President Maricela Sosa Ravelo Farah Saucedo Perez Yamir Rodriguez Tamayo Filiberto Caballero Tamayo Office of the Attorney General (9th) Attorney General Yamila Peña Ojeda Office of the Comptroller General (9th) Comptroller General Gladys María Bejerano Portela
Elections and referendums Recent elections Parliamentary: 2018 2023 Referendums: 2019 2022
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The president of Cuba (Spanish: Presidente de Cuba), officially the president of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Cuba), is the head of state of Cuba. The office in its current form was established under the Constitution of 2019. The President is the second-highest office in Cuba and the highest state office. Miguel Díaz-Canel became President of the Council of State on 19 April 2018, taking over from Raúl Castro, and has been President of Cuba since 10 October 2019.

The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba continues to be the highest-ranking political position in Cuba. Fidel Castro held the position from 1976 to 2011, and Raúl Castro from 2011 until the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, held 16–19 April 2021, when he retired from office.^[2]