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Prime Minister of Cuba is a term given to the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba. Fidel Castro assumed the position of Prime Minister in 1959[1] replacing José Miró Cardona, and has been concurrently both Prime Minister and President of Cuba since 1976. The Prime Minister of Cuba is also referred to as the Premier. This page contains a list of presidents of Cuba. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. ... The National Assembly of People’s Power (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) is the legislature of the Republic of Cuba. ... The Council of State is a thirty-one member body of the Republic of Cuba elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. ... The Council of Ministers is the cabinet of the Republic of Cuba. ... Political parties in Cuba lists political parties in this country. ... The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is a Cuban party. ... Elections in Cuba gives information on election and election results in Cuba. ... Provinces of Cuba Cuba consists of 14 provinces, plus one special municipality. ... Since the time Castro came to power, the Cuban Government has been consistently condemned by Cubans, many international groups, and foreign governments for engaging in activities labeled “undemocratic”. In recent times, this dialogue has become the focus of discussion amongst a number of prominent political figures, including Jimmy Carter, Hugo... The Opposition to Fidel Castros Cuban government is largely unofficial and illegal within Cuba due to the political system led by Castro being a one party state. ... The Varela Project was a citizens initiative undertaken by Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas of the Christian Liberation Movement and others in Cuba. ... According to Human Rights Watch, the Cuban government has broad authority to restrict freedom of speech, association, assembly, press, and movement. ... Cubas once-ambitious foreign policy has been scaled back and redirected as a result of economic hardship and the end of the Cold War. ... Because of Cubas Marxist-Leninist government, the power of the Cuban-American lobby, especially in Florida, and Cubas support for Marxist-Leninist groups around the world, the relations between Cuba and the United States have long been very poor. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The Council of Ministers is the cabinet of the Republic of Cuba. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. ... This page contains a list of presidents of Cuba. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ...

The role of the Prime Minister was first assigned in 1940 in accordance with the amended Constitution of Cuba. The first Prime Minister of Cuba was Carlos Saladrigas. Between 1940 and 1959 Cuba saw fifteen changes to the position, Félix Lancís Sánchez was Prime Minister twice (1944-1945 and 1950-1951) whilst Fulgencio Batista held the role concurrently alongside that of President of Cuba for one month (April 1952) following a military coup. Cuba has had several constitutions. ... General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (pronounced ) (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. ...

See also

List of Prime Ministers of Cuba