List of presidents of Cuba
This is a list of the presidents of Cuba beginning in 1902.
| № | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Political party | Term of office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 1 |  |
Tomás Estrada Palma (1832–1908) |
Republican Party of Havana | 20 May 1902 – 28 September 1906 |
| Governors appointed by the United States (Second Occupation of Cuba) | ||||
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William Howard Taft (1857–1930) |
Governor appointed by the U.S. | 29 September – 13 October 1906 | |
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Charles Edward Magoon (1861–1920) |
Governor appointed by the U.S. | 13 October 1906 – 28 January 1909 | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 2 |  |
José Miguel Gómez (1858–1921) |
Liberal Party | 28 January 1909 – 20 May 1913 |
| 3 |  |
Mario García Menocal (1866–1941) |
Conservative Party | 20 May 1913 – 20 May 1921 |
| 4 |  |
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861–1934) |
Cuban Popular Party-National League | 20 May 1921 – 20 May 1925 |
| 5 |  |
Gerardo Machado (1871–1939) |
Liberal Party | 20 May 1925 – 24 August 1933 In exile after 12 August 1933 |
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Alberto Herrera y Franchi (1874–1954) |
Military | 12–13 August 1933 Provisional President | |
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871–1939) |
A.B.C. Revolutionary Society | 13 August – 5 September 1933 Provisional President | |
| Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba | ||||
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Ramón Grau (1887–1969) |
Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | 5 – 10 September 1933 | |
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Guillermo Portela y Möller (1886–1958) |
Liberal Party | ||
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José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (1895–1968) |
Conservative Party | ||
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Sergio Carbó y Morera (1891–1971) |
Cuban Popular Party-National League | ||
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Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa (1878–1950) |
Liberal Party | ||
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 6 | |
Ramón Grau (1887–1969) |
Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | 10 September 1933 – 15 January 1934 |
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Carlos Hevia (1900–1964) |
Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | 15 – 18 January 1934 Provisional President | |
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Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872–1934) |
Independent | 18 January 1934 Provisional President | |
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Carlos Mendieta (1873–1960) |
National Union | 18 January 1934 – 11 December 1935 Provisional President | |
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José Agripino Barnet (1864–1945) |
National Union | 11 December 1935 – 20 May 1936 Provisional President | |
| 7 |  |
Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889–1950) |
National Union | 20 May – 24 December 1936 |
| 8 |  |
Federico Laredo Brú (1875–1946) |
National Union | 24 December 1936 – 10 October 1940 |
| 9 |  |
Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) |
Democratic Socialist Coalition | 10 October 1940 – 10 October 1944 |
| 10 | |
Ramón Grau (1887–1969) |
Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | 10 October 1944 – 10 October 1948 |
| 11 |  |
Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977) |
Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | 10 October 1948 – 10 March 1952 |
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Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) |
Progressive Action Party | 10 March 1952 – 24 February 1955 Provisional President | |
| 12 | 24 February 1955 – 1 January 1959 | |||
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Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899–1961) |
Progressive Action Party | 1 – 2 January 1959 Provisional President | |
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Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895–1988) |
Independent | 2 – 3 January 1959 Provisional President | |
| 13 |  |
Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901–1981) |
Independent | 3 January – 18 July 1959 |
| 14 |  |
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919–1983) |
Integrated Revolutionary Organizations United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution Communist Party of Cuba |
18 July 1959 – 2 December 1976 |
| Presidents of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 1 |  |
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) |
Communist Party of Cuba | 2 December 1976 – 24 February 2008 |
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Raúl Castro (1931–) |
Communist Party of Cuba | 31 July 2006 – 24 February 2008 Acting President of the Council of State | |
| 2 | 24 February 2008 – 19 April 2018 | |||
| 3 |  |
Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960–) |
Communist Party of Cuba | 19 April 2018 – Incumbent |
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