Miguel Díaz-Canel is the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

April 19, 2021

In the morning session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz presented the members of the Political Bureau, the Secretaries, and the members of the Central Committee of the PCC.

Raúl concludes his work as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, satisfied, as he expressed, of "duty fulfilled and confidence in the future of the Homeland, with the deliberate conviction of not accepting proposals to keep me in the superior organs of the party organization, in whose ranks I will continue to serve as one more revolutionary combatant, ready to make my modest contribution until the end of life".

The Political Bureau of the Party is made up of the following members:

- Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic of Cuba.

- Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.

- Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba
Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization and Cadre Policy.

- General of Army Corps, Álvaro López Miera, Minister of the FAR.

- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Chancellor of the Republic.

- Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, General Secretary of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers.

- Teresa Amarelle Boué, General Secretary of the national leadership of the Federation of Cuban Women.

- Martha Ayala Ávila, General Director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

- Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba.

- José Amado Ricardo Guerra, Secretary of the Council of Ministers.

- Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja, Executive President of the Business Management Group.

- General of Division, Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, Minister of the Interior.

- Gladys Martínez Verdecia, First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Artemisa.