Miguel Díaz-Canel
Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician.[1] He is the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 19 April 2021. He is also the 17th and current President of Cuba since 10 October 2019. 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.
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 Díaz-Canel in 2025 | |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| 17th President of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Marrero Cruz |
| Vice President | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Preceded by | Himself (as President of the Council of State) Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (as President, 1976) |
| President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019 | |
| First Vice President | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Marrero Cruz (as Prime Minister) |
| 19th Vice President of the Council of State and Ministers | |
| In office 24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018 | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | José Ramón Machado Ventura |
| Succeeded by | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 8 May 2009 – 21 March 2012 | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Juan Vela Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Alarcón Ortíz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1960
(aged 66) Santa Clara, Cuba |
| Political party | Communist Party of Cuba |
| Spouse(s) | Marta Villanueva (divorced) Lis Cuesta Peraza (m. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Las Villas (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
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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 and became the top leader of Cuba.
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Díaz-Canel with the supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi
Díaz-Canel with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 22 November 2022
Díaz-Canel with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Paris, France, 22 June 2023
Díaz-Canel with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 6 July 2025
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References
- ↑ 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article168657017.html. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ Nicole Acevedo. Miguel Díaz-Canel Singao becomes Cuba's president, Raúl Castro steps down (19 April 2018)NBC News.