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Vice President of Cuba

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Field	Value
post	Vice President
body
the Republic of Cuba
native_name	es
insignia	Coat of arms of Cuba.svg
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Cuba
image	Salvador Valdés Mesa (cropped).jpg
incumbent	Salvador Valdés Mesa
incumbentsince	19 April 2018
department	Council of State
style	Mr Vice President (informal)
His Excellency (diplomatic)
member_of	Council of Ministers
residence	Palacio de la Revolución
appointer	National Assembly of People's Power
termlength	Five years, renewable once
formation
first	Raúl Castro
website

the Republic of Cuba His Excellency (diplomatic)

The vice president of Cuba, previously the vice president of the Council of State between 1976 and 2019, is the second highest political position obtainable in the Council of State of Cuba. Currently there is a provision for several vice presidents, who are elected in the same manner as the president of Cuba.

Historically, the vice president of Cuba was elected in the same ticket with the president. The position has been in use 1902–1928, 1936, 1940–1958, and since 1976.

List of officeholders

Vice presidents of the Republic in Arms (1869–1899)

No.	Portrait	Name
(born-died)	Term of office	Political party	President(s)	Ref.	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Independent politician}};"	Independent politician}};"	Vacant
1878 – 1895	Military Government of Cuba
1	[[File:Francisco_Vicente_Aguilera_Tamayo.jpg	80px]]	Francisco Vicente Aguilera
(1821–1877)	April 1869	22 February 1877 †		Independent	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
2	[[File:FRANCISCO JAVIER DE CÉSPEDES.jpg	80px]]	Francisco Javier de Céspedes
(1821–1903)	April 1877	October 1877		Independent	Tomás Estrada Palma
3	[[File:Bartolome_Masó_Márquez.jpg	80px]]	Bartolomé Masó Márquez
(1830–1907)	September 1895	September 1897		Cuban Revolutionary Party	Salvador Cisneros Betancourt
4	[[File:Domingo_Méndez_Capote.jpg	80px]]	Domingo Méndez Capote
(1863–1934)	September 1897	May 1899		Cuban Revolutionary Party	Bartolomé Masó Márquez

Vice presidents of the Republic (1902–1959)

No.	Portrait	Name
(born-died)	Term of office	Political party	President(s)	Ref.	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Provisional Government of Cuba
1906 – 1909	Liberal Party of Cuba}};"		National Conservative Party (Cuba)}};"		National Conservative Party (Cuba)}};"		Cuban Popular Party}};"		Liberal Party of Cuba}};"		Abolished
1929 – 1936	Liberal Party of Cuba}};"		Vacant
1936 – 1940	Popular Socialist Coalition}};"		Partido Auténtico}};"		Partido Auténtico}};"		Vacant
1952 – 1955	National Action Party (Cuba)}};"
1	[[File:Luis Estévez y Romero.png	frameless	127x127px]]	Luis Estévez y Romero
(1849–1909)	May 1902	March 1905		Cuban National Party	Tomás Estrada Palma
Republican Party of Havana
2	[[File:Domingo_Méndez_Capote.jpg	80px]]	Domingo Méndez Capote
(1863–1934)	January 1906	September 1906		Cuban National Party	Tomás Estrada Palma
Republican Party of Havana
3	[[File:Alfredo Zayas of Cuba.jpg	80px]]	Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
(1861–1934)	January 1909	May 1913		Liberal Party	José Miguel Gómez	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymczAQAAIAAJ	title=Cuba libre, 1895-1958: resumen histórico	first=Mario Riera	last=Hernández	date=7 May 1968	publisher=Colonial Press of Miami	via=Google Books}}
4	[[File:1919, Cubans of to-day, Enrique José Varona (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Enrique José Varona
(1849–1933)	20 May 1913	20 May 1917		Conservative Party	Mario García Menocal
5	[[File:Gen. E. Nunez LCCN2014700850 (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Emilio Núñez
(1855–1922)	20 May 1917	20 May 1921		Conservative Party	Mario García Menocal
6	[[File:Francisco_Carrillo_Morales.jpg	80px]]	Francisco Carrillo Morales
(1851–1926)	20 May 1921	20 May 1925		Popular Party	Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
7	[[File:No image.png	80px]]	Carlos de la Rosa Hernández
(–1933)	20 May 1925	1928	years	Liberal Party	Gerardo Machado
8	[[File:Federico Laredo Bru.jpg	80px]]	Federico Laredo Brú
(1875–1946)	20 May 1936	December 1936		Liberal Party	Miguel Mariano Gómez
9	[[File:Gustavo Cuervo Rubio.jpg	80px]]	Gustavo Cuervo Rubio
(1890–1978)	10 October 1940	10 October 1944		Popular Socialist Coalition	Fulgencio Batista
10	[[File:1919, Cubans of to-day, Raúl de Cárdenas y Echarte (cropped).jpg	80px]]	****
(1884–1979)	10 October 1944	10 October 1948		Authentic Party	Ramón Grau
11	[[File:Guillermo alonso pujol.jpg	80px]]	****
(1899–1973)	10 October 1948	10 March 1952		Authentic Party	Carlos Prío Socarrás
12	[[File:Rafael Guas Inclán.webp	frameless	139x139px]]	Rafael Guas Inclán
(1896–1975)	February 1955	1 January 1959		National Action Party	Fulgencio Batista

First vice presidents of the Council of State (1976–2019)

No.	Portrait	Name
(born-died)	Term of office	Political party	President(s)	Ref.	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Communist Party of Cuba}};"	Communist Party of Cuba}};"	Communist Party of Cuba}};"	Communist Party of Cuba}};"
1	[[File:Raul-castro-2015 (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Raúl Castro
(born 1931)	December 1976	February 2008		Communist Party	Fidel Castro
2	[[File:José Ramón Machado Ventura en febrero de 2019.png	80px]]	José Ramón Machado Ventura
(born 1930)	February 2008	February 2013		Communist Party	Raúl Castro
3	[[File:Miguel Diaz Canel.jpg	80px]]	Miguel Díaz-Canel
(born 1960)	February 2013	April 2018		Communist Party	Raúl Castro
4	[[File:Salvador Valdés Mesa (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Salvador Valdés Mesa
(born 1945)	April 2018	10 October 2019		Communist Party	Miguel Díaz-Canel

Vice President of the Republic of Cuba (2019–present)

No.	Portrait	Name
(born-died)	Term of office	Political party	President(s)	Ref.	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Communist Party of Cuba}};"
1	[[File:Salvador Valdés Mesa (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Salvador Valdés Mesa
(born 1945)	10 October 2019	Incumbent		Communist Party	Miguel Díaz-Canel

References

"Raul Castro says Cuba needs term limits for its leaders".
Hernández, Mario Riera. (7 May 1968). "Cuba libre, 1895-1958: resumen histórico". Colonial Press of Miami.
"Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas".

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