Miguel Díaz-Canel

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021

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He's the first person to lead Cuba who isn't named Castro since 1959. Miguel Díaz-Canel rose through the party apparatus — education minister, vice president, then the top job — succeeding both revolutionary brothers without a revolution of his own.

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Born 20 April 1960, Díaz-Canel is a Cuban politician and engineer who joined the Politburo in 2003 and climbed steadily: Minister of Higher Education from 2009 to 2012, then Vice President of the Council of Ministers, then First Vice President of the Council of State in 2013. In 2018 he succeeded Raúl Castro as President of the Council of State, and when Cuba enacted a new constitution in 2019 he became the 17th president of Cuba — the first head of state since 1976 from outside the Castro family. On 19 April 2021, after Raúl Castro stepped down, Díaz-Canel was appointed First Secretary of the…

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Miguel Díaz-Canel

said22 Apr 2020

Lenin was an undisputed leader of the proletariat, political leader, researcher, scientist, founder, who made important contributions to the socialist construction.

— Tweet, 22 April 2020

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