Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
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The Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
History[]
The Politburo of the Central Committee was established on 3 October 1965 when the was transformed into the present-day Communist Party of Cuba.[1] It was established as the party's highest decision-making body between plenary sessions of the Central Committee, and its meetings were to be chaired by the First Secretary of the Central Committee.[1] Of the eight members elected to the three concurrently served as members of the .
Alternate membership in the Politburo was abolished at the , held on 10–14 October 1991, with the intention of streamlining the party's decision-making process.[2]
Terms[]
Term | Members | Period | Duration | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Reelected | Start | End | ||
8 | 0 | 8 | 3 October 1965 | 17 December 1975 | 10 years, 75 days | |
1st | 13 | 0 | 13 | 22 December 1975 | 17 December 1980 | 4 years, 361 days |
2nd | 26 | 1 | 15 | 20 December 1980 | 4 February 1986 | 5 years, 46 days |
3rd | 23 | 1 | 10 | 7 February 1986 | 10 October 1991 | 5 years, 245 days |
4th | 22 | 3 | 16 | 14 October 1991 | 8 October 1997 | 5 years, 359 days |
5th | 22 | 2 | 8 | 10 October 1997 | 16 April 2011 | 13 years, 188 days |
6th | 15 | 1 | 11 | 19 April 2011 | 16 April 2016 | 4 years, 363 days |
7th | 13 | 4 | 9 | 19 April 2016 | 16 April 2021 | 4 years, 362 days |
8th | 11 | 3 | — | 19 April 2021 | Incumbent | 298 days |
See also[]
References[]
Specific[]
- ^ a b Bethell 1993, p. 129.
- ^ Kapcia 1992, p. 182.
Bibliography[]
Articles and journals:
- Kapcia, Antoni (1992). "The fourth congress of the Cuban Communist Party: Time for a change?". Journal of Communist Studies. University of California Press. 8 (1): 180–7. doi:10.1080/13523279208415136.
Books:
- Bethell, Leslie (1993). Cuba: A Short History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521436823.
Categories:
- Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
- 1965 establishments in Cuba