# Council of State (Cuba)

The Council of State (Spanish: Consejo de Estado) of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People's Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National Assembly of People's Power into session between its scheduled twice yearly sessions.
The National Assembly is only in session for a few days each year. Members of the Council of State, which serve in the National Assembly, do not reflect popular outcomes in the elections. According to a 2021 study, under competitive elections, most members of the Council of State might have been defeated.
The membership consists of a President, a Secretary, a First Vice President, five Vice Presidents, and 27 additional members. The President, the Secretary, the First Vice President, and the five Vice Presidents are also members of the Council of Ministers. With the passage of the 2019 Cuban Constitution, the post of President of the Council of State will be to the President of the National Assembly, while the functions of the head of state will be transferred from the Council of State to the restored office of President of the Republic.

## 9th Council of State (2018–2019)

| Rank | Name | Birth | Office | Portrait | PCC membership |
| 1 | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 1960 | President, Council of State | | PB |
| 2 | Salvador Valdés Mesa | 1945 | First Vice President, Council of State | — | PB |
| 3 | Ramiro Valdés Menéndez | 1932 | Vice President, Council of State | — | PB |
| 4 | Roberto Tomás Morales Ojeda | 1967 | Vice President, Council of State | — | PB |
| 5 | Gladys María Bejerano Portela | 1947 | Vice President, Council of State | — | — |
| 6 | Inés María Chapman Waugh | 1965 | Vice President, Council of State | — | — |
| 7 | Beatriz Johnson Urrutia | 1969 | Vice President, Council of State | — | — |
| 8 | Homero Acosta Álvarez | 1964 | Secretary, Council of State | — | — |
| 9 | Leopoldo Cintra Frías | 1928 | — | — | PB |
| 10 | Teresa Maria Amarelle Boué | 1963 | — | — | PB |
| 11 | Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento | 1964 | — | — | PB |
| 12 | Miriam Nicado García | 1959 | — | — | PB |
| 13 | Guillermo García Frías | 1928 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla | 1958 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Martha del Carmen Mesa Valenciana | 1960 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Carlos Rafael Miranda Martínez | 1964 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Susely Morfa González | 1982 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Rafael Antonio Santiesteban | 1969 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Miguel Ángel Barnet Lanza | 1928 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Ileana Amparo Flores Morales | 1966 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Raúl Alejandro Palmero Fernández | 1995 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Jorge Amador Berlanga Acosta | 1962 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Yipsi Moreno | 1980 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Elizabeth Peña | 1964 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Yoerky Sánchez Cuéllar | 1983 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Ivis Niuba Villa Millán | 1973 | — | — | — |
| 27 | Bárbara Alexis Terry Depestre | 1972 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Reyna Salermo Escalona | 1965 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Rosalina Fournier Frómeta | 1965 | — | — | — |
| 30 | Carlos Alberto Martínez Blanco | 1969 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Felicia Martínez Suárez | 1963 | — | — | — |