2023-04-20 01:05:57
Diaz-Canel was reelected as president until the year 2028 / Photo: EFE
Miguel Díaz-Canel, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC, the only legal one), was appointed by a majority this Wednesday as president of this socialist republic for a second and last term of five years.
Díaz-Canel, 62, was elected with 97.66% of the votes of the deputies on the day of the constitution of the National Assembly of Popular Power (ANPP), the highest legislative body in the country.
The Cuban president, who headed the only candidacy proposed by the ANPP presidency, obtained the ballot of 459 of the 462 deputies present, according to the official count offered by the National Electoral Council (CEN).
Salvador Valdés Mesa was also re-elected as Vice President of the Republic, who had already held the second position of the Island Executive in the first legislature of Díaz-Canel (2018-2023). He obtained 93.4% of the ballots (439 of 462).
As soon as he was appointed, Díaz-Canel proposed to the ANPP Manuel Marrero Cruz as prime minister, who has already held this position for the last five years.
Havana / EFE
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