State Council of Cuba
The State Council of Cuba (Spanish Consejo de Estado de Cuba ) is a 31-member body of the Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular , the Cuban parliament . He is authorized to exercise absolute legislative power between sessions of parliament as the core of his task. He should also convene Parliament for its regular sessions, which are to take place twice a year. The members of the State Council consist of the President, a Secretary, the 1st Vice-President and five Vice-Presidents, who are also members of the Council of Ministers .
Members of the State Council of Cuba
The State Council was elected by parliament on February 24, 2013 in the following composition.
|
position |
member | Other offices |
| president | Raúl Castro | President of the Council of Ministers Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) |
| 1st Vice President | Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez | Member of the Politburo and 1st Vice-President of the Council of Ministers. |
| Vice President | José Ramón Machado Ventura | Member of the Politburo and Vice-President of the Council of Ministers |
| Vice President | Ramiro Valdés Menéndez | Member of the Politburo and Vice-President of the Council of Ministers. |
| Vice President | Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa | Member of the Politburo and Chairman of the CTC . |
| Vice President | Gladys María Bejerano Portela | Chair of the National Court of Auditors. |
| Vice President | Lázara Mercedes López Acea | Member of the Politburo and Provincial Secretary of Havana. |
| secretary | Homero Acosta Álvarez | |
| member | Marino Alberto Murillo Jorge | Member of the Politburo and Vice-President of the Council of Ministers. |
| member | Adel Onofre Yzquierdo Rodríguez | Member of the Politburo, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economics and Planning. |
| member | Abelardo Colomé Ibarra | Member of the Politburo, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior. |
| member | Inés María Chapman Waugh | President of the National Institute for Hydropower Resources. |
| member | Leopoldo Cintra Frias | Member of the Politburo and Minister of Defense. |
| member | Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla | Member of the Politburo and Foreign Minister. |
| member | Álvaro López Miera | Member of the Politburo and First Deputy Minister for Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces . |
| member | Guillermo García Frías | Comandante of the Revolution, head of the company "Flora and Fauna". |
| member | Varamis Armenteros Medina | Head of EMCOMED. |
| member | Lester Alain Alemán Hurtado | Head of the Sergio Soto Oil Refinery. |
| member | Martha del Carmen Mesa Valenciano | Rector of the Universidad de Oriente . |
| member | Miriam Nicado García | Rector of the Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas . |
| member | Miguel Ángel Barnet Lanza | President of UNEAC . |
| member | Tania León Silveira | Chairwoman of the Poder Popular of Matanzas. |
| member | Carlos Rafael Miranda Martínez | CDR management coordinator . |
| member | Liz Belky's Rosabal Ponce | Head of the “Laboratorio de Combustión” plant. |
| member | Carmen Rosa López Rodríguez | Second national secretary of the CTC. |
| member | Félix González Viego (†) | President of the Association of Smallholders (ANAP). |
| member | Milady's Orraca Castillo | Director of the Provincial Center for Genetic Medicine in Pinar del Río. |
| member | Ileana Amparo Flores Morales | Head of the company "Industrial Mecánica 2 de Septiembre". |
| member | Sergio Juan Rodríguez Morales | Head of the National Research Institute for Tropical Plants (INIVIT). |
| member | Teresa María Amarelle Boué | General Secretary of the Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC). |
| member | Yuniasky Crespo Baquero | Secretary General of the Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (UJC). |
| Presidium of the National Assembly | Esteban Lazo Hernández | President of the National Assembly. |
| Presidium of the National Assembly | Ana María Mari Machado | Vice-President of the National Assembly. |
| Presidium of the National Assembly | Miriam Brito Sarroca | Secretary of the National Assembly. |
For Rosa López Rodríguez, who has since resigned, and the late Félix González Viego, Parliament elected as successors to the Council of State on March 29, 2014:
|
position |
member | Other offices |
| member | Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento | General Secretary of the Cuban Trade Union Confederation (CTC). |
| member | Rafael Ramón Santiesteban Pozo | President of the Association of Smallholders (ANAP). |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elegidos dos nuevos miembros del Consejo de Estado. In: Juventud Rebelde of March 29, 2014 (Spanish)