Manuel Marrero Cruz

Manuel Marrero Cruz (born 11 July 1963), also known as Manuel Marrero, is a Cuban politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Cuba, and the first since Cuba resurrected the office of the Prime Minister in December 2019 after the 43-year abolishment of the position from 1976 to 2019. The last Prime Minister before the abolishment in 1976 was Fidel Castro.[1]

Premier

Manuel Marrero Cruz
18th Prime Minister of Cuba
Assumed office
21 December 2019
PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
First SecretaryRaul Castro
Preceded byMiguel Díaz-Canel
Minister of Tourism
In office
2004 – 21 December 2019
Succeeded byJuan Carlos García Grada
Personal details
Born
Manuel Marrero Cruz

(1963-07-11) 11 July 1963
Holguín, Cuba
Political partyCommunist Party of Cuba

Marrero is the first person to hold the position of Prime Minister of Cuba in 43 years.[2] A member of the Communist Party of Cuba, he served as the country's long-time Minister of Tourism from 2004 until his appointment to the office of Prime Minister in 2019.[3] During his tenure as tourism minister, Cuban tourism witnessed massive resillience.

Marrero had previously been an architect[4] and worked in Gaviota, the tourism arm of the Cuban military, where he also held the rank of colonel.[5]

Prime Minister of Cuba

Appointment

Following the 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum, the office of Prime Minister of Cuba was reinstated for the first time since Fidel Castro occupied it in 1976. President Miguel Díaz-Canel formally nominated Marrero to serve as Prime Minister, and his nomination as PM was unanimously ratified by 594 deputies of the National Assembly.

The term limit for prime ministers under the new Cuban constitution is five years.[6][7]

References
  1. "Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976". BBC News. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  2. Oppmann, Patrick (December 21, 2019). "Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz prime minister". CNN. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. Frank, Marc (December 21, 2019). "Cuba names prime minister in move to lighten presidential load". Reuters. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. "Cuba names first PM in decades as new constitution decentralises presidential power". ABC News. December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  5. Mazzei, Patricia (November 8, 2017). "Rubio: 'Bureaucrats' to blame for softening Trump Cuba policy". Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  6. "Cuba chooses first prime minister since 1970s". Global News. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  7. "Cuba is about to name first prime minister in 40 years". The Yucatan Times. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Miguel Díaz-Canel
(as President of the Council of Ministers)
Fidel Castro
(1976)		 Prime Minister of Cuba
2019–present		 Incumbent


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