President of Cuba

President of the Council of State of Cuba
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Incumbent Raul Castro since April 27, 2016
Residence	Palacio de la Revolución
Appointer	National Assembly of People's Power
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Fidel Castro (1976 Constitution)
Formation	1902

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Constitution Political parties Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary: Raúl Castro Second Secretary: José Machado Ventura National Assembly of People's Power President: E. Lazo Hernández Council of State President (list): Raúl Castro Vice Presidents M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (first) G. M. Bejerano Portela (second) Council of Ministers President of the Council (list): Raúl Castro People's Supreme Court President (Chief Justice): R. Remigio Ferro Recent elections Parliamentary: 2003 2008 2013 2018 Administrative divisions Provinces Municipalities Committees for the Defense of the Revolution Opposition Human rights Foreign relations
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The President of the Council of State of Cuba is the head of state of Cuba. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, the President is the chief executive of the Council of State of Cuba. The president of the Council of State is, at the same time, the president (As Premier) of Council of Ministers of Cuba, the head of government. In cases of the absence, illness or death of the president of the Council of State, the first vice president assumes the president’s duties.

Powers

The President of Cuba has the power to;

Propose to the National Assembly of People’s Power, once elected by that body, the members of the Council of Ministers;
Accept (based on personal preference) the resignation of the members of the Council of Ministers or propose either to the National Assembly of People’s Power or the Council of State the replacement of any of those members and, in both cases, to propose the corresponding substitutes;
Receive the credentials of the heads of delegation of foreign diplomatic missions. This responsibility may be delegated to any of the vice presidents of the Council of State;
Assume the supreme command of all armed forces and determine their general organization;
Preside over the National Defense Council;
Declare a state emergency in those cases provided for in this Constitution, stating his decision, as soon as the circumstances permit it, to the National Assembly of People’s Power or to the Council of State if the Assembly is unable to meet, according to legal effects;
Sign decree-laws and other resolutions of the Council of State and the legal provisions adopted by the Council of Ministers or its Executive Committee, and arrange for their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic;
Assume all other duties assigned it by the Constitution or by law.

References

Pre-Revolution	Timeline Colonial governors Slavery Ten Years' War Little War Cuban War of Independence Sinking of the USS Maine Spanish–American War Platt Amendment World War I Republic 1932 hurricane World War II Revolution

Post-Revolution	War against the Bandits Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban intervention in Angola Mariel boatlift Special Period Fidel's transfer of power United States–Cuban Thaw

Geography

Cities	Bayamo Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Guantánamo Havana Holguín Las Tunas Matanzas Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba

Provinces	Artemisa Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Ciudad de La Habana Granma Guantánamo Holguín Isla de la Juventud Las Tunas Matanzas Mayabeque Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santiago de Cuba Villa Clara

Other	Almendares River Earthquakes List of islands Sierra Maestra Tropical cyclones World Heritage Sites

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Political parties

Current	Communist Party Christian Democratic Democratic Social-Revolutionary Democratic Socialist Current Democratic Solidarity Liberal Liberal Movement Social Democratic Co-ordination

Former	Auténtico Cuban National Democratic Union Independent Republican Ortodoxo Popular Socialist Republican (Havana)

Security

Military	Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) Air Force Army Navy Territorial Troops Militia

Law enforcement	National Revolutionary Police Force

Intelligence	Dirección General de Inteligencia Military Counterintelligence Directorate

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Culture

Society	Censorship Committees for the Defense of the Revolution Education Health care Human rights LGBT LGBT history Women Language Rationing Scouting and Guiding Sociolismo

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People

By name	Desi Arnaz Fulgencio Batista Leo Brouwer Fidel Castro Raúl Castro Celia Cruz Ibrahim Ferrer Osmani García Máximo Gómez Elián González Nicolás Guillén José Martí Pablo Milanés Omara Portuondo Silvio Rodríguez Compay Segundo Félix Varela

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President of Cuba

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