Salvador Valdés Mesa

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Salvador Valdés Mesa
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Vice President of Cuba
Assumed office
10 October 2019
PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byRafael Guas Inclán (1959)
First Vice President of the Council of State
In office
19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019
PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byMiguel Díaz-Canel
Succeeded byPost abolished
Fifth Vice President of the Council of State
In office
24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018
PresidentRaúl Castro
Preceded byEsteban Lazo Hernández
Succeeded byBeatriz Jonson Urrutia (elect)
Minister of Labor and Social Security
In office
1995–1999
PresidentFidel Castro
Personal details
Born (1945-06-13) 13 June 1945 (age 76)
Amancio Rodríguez, Cuba
Political party26th of July Movement (1961–1965)
Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present)

Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (born 13 June 1945) is a Cuban politician[1][2] and former trade union leader. He is the First Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba.[3] He was elected to succeed Miguel Díaz-Canel as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.[1][4]

Biography[]

Salvador Valdés was part of the Association of Young Rebels since 1961, after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. He was a leader of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba and the Communist Party of Cuba. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Security between 1995 and 1999, when he was elected first secretary of the PCC in the province of Camagüey. He has been a deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power since 1993, he is a member of the Political Council of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of the Council of State (first for Santa Cruz del Sur, then Güines starting in the 9th legislature) where he holds one of the five Vice Presidencies.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Damien Cave, Raúl Castro Says His Current Term as President of Cuba Will Be His Last, The New York Times, 24 February 2013
  2. ^ Jimenez, Marguerite (2018-03-28). "Cuba After the Castros". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  3. ^ "Salvador Valdés Mesa - EcuRed". www.ecured.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. ^ "End of the Castro era: Who's the man likely to be Cuba's next president?". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  5. ^ "Diputados elegidos en la VIII Legislatura – Camagüey". Parlamento Cubano. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  6. ^ "Salvador Valdés Mesa | Cubadebate". Cubadebate (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-20.

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Political offices
Preceded by First Vice President of Cuba
2018-present 		Incumbent
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