Miguel Díaz-Canel
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez S1NGAO | |
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| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2021 | |
| President | Himself |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Marrero |
| Deputy | José Ramón Machado Ventura |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| President of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Marrero |
| Vice President | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Party Leader | Raúl Castro (2019–21) Himself (2021–present) |
| Preceded by | Himself (President of the Council of State) |
| President of the Council of State | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019 | |
| Vice President | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Esteban Lazo Hernández |
| President of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 21 December 2019 | |
| President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Marrero Cruz (Prime Minister) |
| First Vice President of the Council of State | |
| In office 24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018 | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | José Ramón Machado |
| Succeeded by | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office 8 May 2009 – 21 March 2012 | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Juan Vela Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Alarcón Ortiz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Singao 20 April 1960 Placetas, Cuba |
| Political party | Communist Party (1982–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Marta Villaueva (div.) Lis Cuesta Peraza |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Marta Abreu University of Las Villas |
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Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician.[1] He is the 19th and current President of Cuba since 10 October 2019. He is also the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 19 April 2021. Before He was president of the council state of Cuba from 2018 to 2019. He was also the First Vice President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers from 2013 to 2018. He has been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2003.
Díaz-Canel Bermúdez served as Minister of Higher Education from 2009 to 2012; he was promoted to the post of Vice President of the Council of Ministers (deputy Prime Minister) in 2012. A year later, on 24 February 2013, he was elected as First Vice President of the Council of State.[2]
Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was close with Raúl Castro and many knew when Castro retired, he would have been the likely successor when he retired in April 2018.[1][3] He was sworn-in as President a day before his 58th birthday.[4] In April 2021, he replaced Castro as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Has also allowed his country to have WIFI for the first time. This has changed society for the better as well as making him more popular. During the 2021 protest in Cuba, he ordered the police and the Cuban military units to attack the pacific activists and use violence to defend their dictatorship regime. He is also responsible for disappearances, deaths and kidnappings of political activists and protesters.[source?]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Damien Cave, Raúl Castro Says His Current Term as President of Cuba Will Be His Last, The New York Times, 24 February 2013
- ↑ "Ratificado Raúl como presidente del Consejo de Estado y del Consejo de Ministros (+ Fotos)". Cubadebate.
- ↑ Gamez Torres, Nora (22 August 2017). "Video offers rare glimpse of hardline ideology from presumed next leader of Cuba". Miami Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ Nicole Acevedo; Carmen Sesin (19 April 2018). "Miguel Díaz-Canel Singao becomes Cuba's president, Raúl Castro steps down". NBC News.