deputy predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
abel betancourt -lrb- as deputy minister -rrb- jacinto pardo -lrb- as rodriguez first deputy minister -rrb- -lrb- as first deputy minister -rrb- perez abel rodriguez josé garcía barbara cuesta abel rodriguez jacinto pardo unknown , cuba communist party of cuba minister cuba minister of internal trade of the republic of cuba of economy and planning of the republic of raúl castro raúl castro raúl castro fidel castro 19 february 1961 25 september 2014 2 march 2009 2006 marino murillo
 25 march 2011 2 march 2009 marino murillo jorge national defence college
marino murillo

marino alberto murillo jorge -lrb- 19 february 1961 -rrb- is a cuban politician , economist and former military officer .
he received national media attention in 2009 on his appointment as minister of planning and economy following the government shake-up announced by raúl castro on 2 march 2009 .
murillo retained this post until 25 march 2011 , but was reappointed to it on 25 september 2014 to lead reform efforts in the economic sphere .
as minister of economy and planning , his role is to spearhead economic reforms initiated by raúl castro .
murillo 's intention is to rid the cuban economy of its paternalistic features by updating the economic system .
murillo dislikes the idea of cuba copying the economic reforms of vietnam and the china , claiming that the newly established private markets will benefit socialism rather than capitalism .
