Prime Minister of Cuba

President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Cuba
Official Standard
Incumbent Miguel Díaz-Canel since 19 April 2018
Style	Premier (informal)
Member of	Council of Ministers, Council of State
Seat	Havana
Appointer	National Assembly of People's Power
Term length	None The Prime Minister's term of office ends like the President of Cuba
Inaugural holder	Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Formation	10 October 1940
Unofficial names	Prime minister, Premier
Website	www.cubagob.cu

Cuba
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Constitution Law
Communist Party Congress (7th) Central Committee (7th) First Secretary Raúl Castro Second Secretary José Machado Ventura Politburo Secretariat
Executive Council of State President (list): M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez Vice Presidents S. Valdés Mesa (first) Ramiro Valdés (second) Council of Ministers President of the Council (list): M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Legislature National Assembly of People's Power President: E. Lazo Hernández
Judiciary People's Supreme Court President (Chief Justice): R. Remigio Ferro
Elections Recent elections Parliamentary: 2008 2013 2018
Administrative divisions Provinces Municipalities Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Cuba to Cuba Passport Visa requirements Human rights
Other countries Atlas

The Prime Minister of Cuba (Spanish: Primer Ministro de Cuba) – official title: President of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Cuba) – is the head of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.

The office of Prime Minister was first instituted in 1940 in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Cuba as amended in that year. The first Prime Minister of Cuba was Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (1900–1957), the nephew of former President Alfredo Zayas. The prime minister was also sometimes referred to as "premier". Between 1940 and 1959, Cuba saw fifteen changes of prime minister; Félix Lancís Sánchez exercised the role twice (1944–1945 and 1950–1951) while Fulgencio Batista held the position concurrently with that of President of Cuba for one month (April 1952) following a military coup. Fidel Castro became prime minister in 1959, replacing José Miró Cardona.^[1]

The title of the office was officially changed on 2 December 1976 when a new national constitution, restructuring the government, came into force. Fidel Castro became president of the Council of State (President of Cuba) and also president of the Council of Ministers, elected by the National Assembly of People's Power. The President of the Council of Ministers is, however, still frequently referred to as being the country's "prime minister".

The incumbent since 19 April 2018 has been Miguel Díaz-Canel, who took over from Raúl Castro on that date.

See also

• Council of Ministers (Cuba)
• List of Prime Ministers of Cuba
• President of Cuba

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