Miguel Diaz-Canel re-elected as Cuba's President

Miguel Diaz-Canel re-elected as Cuba's President

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Category : International Published on: April 22 2023

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  • The Cuban Parliament has ratified Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez for a second term as President of the Republic of Cuba. He was previously elected as the president of his country by the IX Legislature in October 2019.
  • He has been a member since 2003 of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba.
  • In 2009 he took office as Minister of Higher Education; in 2012 he was Vice President of the Council of Ministers; in 2013 was elected First Vice President of the Council of State, and later in 2018 President of the Councils of State and Ministers.
  • Constitutional reform has taken place under his direction, and a new constitution has been approved by a national referendum in 2019.
  • Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. 
  • Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet.
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