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Miguel Díaz-Canel

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021 · Cuba · Scientists · Born 1960 · age 66

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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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A life in dates

2023Grand Collar of the Order of Prince HenryAwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec EagleAwardOrder of the WelwitschiaAward2021First Secretary of the Communist Party of CubaOffice2020“Lenin was an undisputed leader of the proletariat, political leader, researcher, scientist, founder, who made important contributions to the socialist construction.”In their words22 April 2020Tweet, 22 April 2020

2019Order of Agostinho NetoAward2018Order of Hồ Chí MinhAwardOrder of the LiberatorAwardPresident of CubaOfficePrime Minister of CubaOffice2018-20192013Deputy Prime Minister of CubaOffice2013-2018Vice-President of CubaOffice2013-20182009Minister of Higher Education of CubaOffice2009-20121960Born20 April 1960

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Díaz-Canel with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 22 November 2022Díaz-Canel with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 22 November 2022Díaz-Canel with the supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi in 2023Díaz-Canel with the supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi in 2023Díaz-Canel with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Paris, France, 22 June 2023Díaz-Canel with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Paris, France, 22 June 2023Díaz-Canel with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 6 July 2025Díaz-Canel with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 6 July 2025Díaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza with Russian President Putin before the 2024 Victory Day Parade in Moscow, 9 May 2024Díaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza with Russian President Putin before the 2024 Victory Day Parade in Moscow, 9 May 2024

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

    Apr 22, 2020, Tweet, 22 April 2020, Own words

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Awards

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle2023
Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry2023
Order of the Welwitschia2023
Order of Agostinho Neto2019
Order of the Liberator2018
Order of Hồ Chí Minh2018

In their orbit

Child: Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Villanueva

About this person

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 Communist Party of Cuba, cementing his position as the island's top leader. The transition marked the end of more than six decades of Castro rule.

Country
Cuba
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66

Scientists from Cuba 6

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski59.7Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart52.2Juan Gundlach43.3Manuel Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez36.2Rosalina Berazaín Iturralde35.4George Albert Llano33.6

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