Miguel Díaz-Canel

Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician.Damien Cave, Raúl Castro Says His Current Term as President of Cuba Will Be His Last, The New York Times, 24 February 2013 He is the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba  since 19 April 2021. He is also the 17th and current President of Cuba since 10 October 2019. Before He was president of the council state of Cuba from 2018 to 2019. He was also the First Vice President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers from 2013 to 2018. He has been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2003.

Díaz-Canel Bermúdez served as Minister of Higher Education from 2009 to 2012; he was promoted to the post of Vice President of the Council of Ministers (deputy Prime Minister) in 2012. A year later, on 24 February 2013, he was elected as First Vice President of the Council of State.

Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was close with Raúl Castro and many knew when Castro retired, he would have been the likely successor when he retired in April 2018. He was sworn-in as President a day before his 58th birthday. In April 2021, he replaced Castro as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and became the top leader of Cuba.

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