Díaz-Canel re-elected as President of Cuba

2023-04-19 23:01:43

The National Assembly of Popular Power appointed a new body of ministers in the Cuban Government. Manuel Marrero was ratified as Prime Minister.

“Cuba debate”. Havana. 4/19/2023. The recently constituted National Assembly of People’s Power in its X Legislature ratified Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in his position as president of the Republic of Cuba, during the constitutive session held this April 19 at the Havana Convention Center.

The president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, reported that Díaz-Canel obtained 459 votes, 97.66% of the total number of deputies that make up the Assembly, for which he has obtained the favorable vote of an absolute majority.

The Assembly also ratified Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa as Vice President of the Republic, obtaining 439 votes, 93.4% of the total number of deputies in the Assembly, for which he won the favorable vote of the absolute majority.

Balseiro Gutiérrez explained that in both cases, both for the election of the president and vice president, the percentage is calculated against the total number of deputies in the Assembly, so the absence of eight deputies on this day is also reflected in the results of voting.

The re-elected President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel proposed to ratify deputy Manuel Marrero Cruz as Prime Minister. “Since his appointment, his management has coincided with the great challenges of Covid-19 and the tightening of the blockade. He has developed a work style marked by interaction with the people and direct attention to the attention of social policies, including work in the neighborhoods, ”said Díaz-Canel. Deputies expressed their approval of the proposal by raising their hands. It was approved by an absolute majority.

The following were ratified for vice prime ministers: Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Inés María Chapman, Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella and Alejandro Gil Fernández. The latter is ratified as Minister of Economy and Planning. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz was proposed as Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment.

Likewise, President Díaz-Canel proposed to ratify:

José Amado Ricardo Guerra as Secretary
Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, Ministry of the Interior
René Mesa Villafaña, Ministry of Construction
Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Oscar Manuel Silvera Martínez, Ministry of Justice
Alpidio Alonso Grau, Ministry of Culture
Mayra Arevich Marín, Ministry of Communications
José Angel Portal Miranda, Ministry of Public Health
Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, Ministry of Transportation
Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, Ministry of Labor and Social Security
Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ydael Jesús Pérez Brito, Ministry of Agriculture
Juan Carlos García Granda, Ministry of Tourism
Joaquín Alonso Vázquez, President of the Central Bank of Cuba
Álvaro López Miera, Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Vicente de la O Levy, Ministry of Energy and Mines
Betsy Díaz Velázquez, Ministry of Domestic Trade
Manuel S. Sobrino Martínez, Ministry of the Food Industry
Osvaldo Caridad Vento Montiller, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation of Cuba
Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez, President of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources