List of heads of government 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.[1]
On 21 December 2019, Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new prime minister.[2][3]
List of officeholders
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet(s) | Head(s) of state | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Prime Ministers | ||||||||||
| 1 |  |
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (1900–1956) |
10 October 1940 | 16 August 1942 | 1 year, 310 days | Popular Socialist Party | Zayas | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 2 |  |
Ramón Zaydín (1895–1968) |
16 August 1942 | 16 March 1944 | 1 year, 213 days | Liberal Party | Zaydín | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 3 |  |
Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899–1961) |
16 March 1944 | 10 October 1944 | 208 days | Liberal Party | Milá | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 4 |  |
Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976) |
10 October 1944 | 13 October 1945 | 1 year, 3 days | Authentic Party | Sánchez I | Ramón Grau | ||
| 5 |  |
Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977) |
13 October 1945 | 1 May 1947 | 1 year, 200 days | Authentic Party | Socarrás | Ramón Grau | ||
| 6 |  |
Raúl López del Castillo (1893–1963) |
1 May 1947 | 10 October 1948 | 1 year, 162 days | Authentic Party | Castillo | Ramón Grau | ||
| 7 |  |
Manuel Antonio de Varona (1908–1992) |
10 October 1948 | 6 October 1950 | 1 year, 361 days | Authentic Party | Varona | Carlos Prío Socarrás | ||
| (4) | |
Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976) |
6 October 1950 | 1 October 1951 | 360 days | Authentic Party | Sánchez II | Carlos Prío Socarrás | ||
| 8 | |
Óscar Gans (1903–1965) |
1 October 1951 | 10 March 1952 | 161 days | Progressive Action Party | Gans | Carlos Prío Socarrás | ||
| 9 |  |
Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) |
10 March 1952 | 4 April 1952 | 25 days | Progressive Action Party | Batista | Himself | ||
| 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 Party | Montes | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 11 |  |
Andrés Rivero Agüero (1905–1996) |
26 March 1957 | 6 March 1958 | 345 days | Progressive Action Party | Agüero | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 12 |  |
Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978) |
6 March 1958 | 12 March 1958 | 6 days | Progressive Action Party | Portuondo | Fulgencio Batista | ||
| 13 | |
Gonzalo Güell (1895–1985) |
12 March 1958 | 1 January 1959 | 295 days | Progressive Action Party | Güell | Fulgencio Batista | ||
Republic of Cuba (1959–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Cabinet(s) | Head(s) of state | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| Prime Ministers | |||||||||||
| 1 | .jpg) |
José Miró Cardona (1902–1974) |
5 January 1959 | 13 February 1959 | 39 days | Independent | – | Cardona | Manuel Urrutia Lleó | ||
| 2 |  |
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) |
13 February 1959 | 2 December 1976 | 17 years, 293 days | 26th of July Movement | – | F. Castro | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado | ||
| PURSC | |||||||||||
| Communist Party | |||||||||||
| Presidents of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||
| 2 | |
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) |
2 December 1976 | 24 February 2008 | 31 years, 84 days | Communist Party | 1976 | F. Castro | Himself (as President of the Council of State) |
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| 1998 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||||
| 3 | .jpg) |
Raúl Castro (born 1931) |
24 February 2008 | 19 April 2018 | 10 years, 54 days | Communist Party | 2008 | R. Castro | Himself (as President of the Council of State) |
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| 2013 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  |
Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960) |
19 April 2018 | 21 December 2019 | 1 year, 246 days | Communist Party | – | Díaz-Canel | Himself (as President of the Council of State) |
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| Prime Minister | |||||||||||
| 5 |  |
Manuel Marrero Cruz (born 1963) |
21 December 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 243 days | Communist Party | – | Cruz | Miguel Díaz-Canel | ||
| 2023 | |||||||||||
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