Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba)

Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces emblem

Leopoldo Cintra Frías
Agency overview
Formed 16 October 1959 (1959-10-16)
Jurisdiction Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Headquarters Plaza de la Revolución, Havana
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Álvaro López Miera, Chief of the General Staff
Parent department Ministry of National Defense
Website www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/far/minfar.htm

The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias) also known as the Ministry of the FAR or MINFAR is a Cuban military agency which is the executive body of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. The current Minister of the FAR is Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frías.

Leadership Structure

The MINFAR building in Havana.

Responsibilities

The MINFAR directs, controls, and executes the policy of the Communist Party of Cuba and the government regarding the activities of the readiness of the nation to defend itself. It is responsible for the budget of the military, as well as for making arms deals with other countries. This ministry fulfills these obligations in coordination with other government agencies and institutions. The powers and functions of the MINFAR are regulated in legislation from the National Assembly of People's Power.[1][2]

List of Ministers of the FAR

Raúl Castro (Seen here with Dilma Rousseff) was Minister of the FAR for almost 50 years before becoming President of Cuba in 2008.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias - Sitio Web de la defensa de la República de Cuba". www.cubadefensa.cu.
  2. ↑ "Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias - EcuRed". www.ecured.cu.
  3. ↑ Burnett, Victoria. "Gen. Julio Casas Regueiro, Cuba's Defense Minister, Dies at 75".
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