Gerardo Hernández Nordelo is the new member of the State Council of the Republic of Cuba

December 19, 2020

During sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power, Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, was elected as a member of the Council of State, after deputies carried out the vote.

Hernández Nordelo graduated from the Institute of International Relations in 1989, participated in internationalist tasks in Angola, and in the mid-nineties carried out a mission in the United States to prevent terrorist actions by counterrevolutionary groups against the Cuban people.

In the northern country he was imprisoned for 13 years and upon his return to Cuba he was conferred the title of Hero of the Republic.

According to the Cuban Constitution, the Council of State is the body of the National Assembly of People's Power that represents it between one and another period of sessions, executes its agreements and fulfills the other functions that the Constitution attributes to it.

This body has a collegiate nature, is responsible to Parliament and reports to it on all of its activities.