Vice President of Cuba

Vice President of the Republic of Cuba
Vicepresidente de la República de Cuba (Spanish)
Coat of arms of Cuba
Incumbent Salvador Valdés Mesa since 19 April 2018
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
Term length	Five years, renewable once [1]
Formation	2 December 1976;48 years ago (1976-12-02)
First holder	Raúl Castro

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
1		Francisco Vicente Aguilera (1821–1877)	April 1869	22 February 1877 †	7 years, 10 months		Independent	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Salvador Cisneros Betancourt Juan Bautista Spotorno Tomás Estrada Palma
2		Francisco Javier de Céspedes (1821–1903)	April 1877	October 1877	6 months		Independent	Tomás Estrada Palma
Vacant 1878 – 1895
3		Bartolomé Masó Márquez (1830–1907)	September 1895	September 1897	2 years		Cuban Revolutionary Party	Salvador Cisneros Betancourt
4		Domingo Méndez Capote (1863–1934)	September 1897	May 1899	1 year, 8 months		Cuban Revolutionary Party	Bartolomé Masó Márquez
Military Government of Cuba 1898 – 1902

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
1		Luis Estévez y Romero (1849–1909)	May 1902	March 1905	2 years, 10 months		Cuban National Party	Tomás Estrada Palma
							Republican Party of Havana
2		Domingo Méndez Capote (1863–1934)	January 1906	September 1906	8 months		Cuban National Party	Tomás Estrada Palma
							Republican Party of Havana
Provisional Government of Cuba 1906 – 1909
3		Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861–1934)	January 1909	May 1913	4 years, 4 months		Liberal Party	José Miguel Gómez	[2]
4		Enrique José Varona (1849–1933)	20 May 1913	20 May 1917	4 years		Conservative Party	Mario García Menocal	[2]
5		Emilio Núñez (1855–1922)	20 May 1917	20 May 1921	4 years		Conservative Party	Mario García Menocal	[2]
6		Francisco Carrillo Morales (1851–1926)	20 May 1921	20 May 1925	4 years		Popular Party	Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso	[2]
7		Carlos de la Rosa Hernández (c. 1870–1933)	20 May 1925	1928	2–3 years		Liberal Party	Gerardo Machado	[2]
Abolished [2] 1929 – 1936
8		Federico Laredo Brú (1875–1946)	20 May 1936	December 1936	6 months		Liberal Party	Miguel Mariano Gómez
Vacant 1936 – 1940
9		Gustavo Cuervo Rubio (1890–1978)	10 October 1940	10 October 1944	4 years		Popular Socialist Coalition	Fulgencio Batista
10		Raúl de Cárdenas Echarte  [ es ] (1884–1979)	10 October 1944	10 October 1948	4 years		Authentic Party	Ramón Grau	[2]
11		Guillermo Alonso Pujol  [ es ] (1899–1973)	10 October 1948	10 March 1952	3 years, 5 months		Authentic Party	Carlos Prío Socarrás	[2]
Vacant 1952 – 1955
12		Rafael Guas Inclán (1896–1975)	February 1955	1 January 1959	3 years, 11 months		National Action Party	Fulgencio Batista	[3]

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
1		Raúl Castro (born 1931)	December 1976	February 2008	31 years, 2 months		Communist Party	Fidel Castro
2		José Ramón Machado Ventura (born 1930)	February 2008	February 2013	5 years		Communist Party	Raúl Castro
3		Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960)	February 2013	April 2018	5 years, 2 months		Communist Party	Raúl Castro
4		Salvador Valdés Mesa (born 1945)	April 2018	10 October 2019	1 year, 6 months		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
1		Salvador Valdés Mesa (born 1945)	10 October 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 191 days		Communist Party	Miguel Díaz-Canel

See also

• Elections in Cuba
• President of Cuba
• List of current vice presidents
• Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
• Republic of Cuba in Arms

References

1. "Raul Castro says Cuba needs term limits for its leaders". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
2. Hernández, Mario Riera (7 May 1968). "Cuba libre, 1895-1958: resumen histórico". Colonial Press of Miami – via Google Books.
3. "Primero de enero de 1959: Esta vez sí que es una Revolución - FIDEL Soldier of Ideas". www.fidelcastro.cu.