First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba |
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| Residence | Palacio de la Revolución |
| Appointer | Central Committee |
| Term length | Five years renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | José Miguel Pérez |
| Formation | August 1925 |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba) is the highest office within the Communist Party of Cuba. The first secretary is also the President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers, the two highest state offices. Since 1961, the position of first secretary has been synonymous with leader of Cuba. The current first secretary is Raúl Castro, he is ranked first in the Politburo hierarchy and is the brother of Fidel Castro, his predecessor.
The post was named in imitation of the office of First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which was staffed by Leonid Brezhnev at the time.
Officeholders
| Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Took office | Left office | Second Secretary | |||
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| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (1925–1939) |
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| José Miguel Pérez (1896–1936) |
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20 August 1925 | 1925 | ||||
| José Peña Vilaboa (1891–1927) |
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1925 | 1926 | ||||
| Jorge Vivo (?) |
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1927 | August 1933 | ||||
| Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987) |
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December 1933 | 1939 | ||||
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Union (1939–1944) |
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| Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987) |
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1939 | 1944 | ||||
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party (1944–1961) |
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| Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987) |
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1944 | 24 June 1961 | ||||
| First Secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (1961–1962) |
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| Fidel Castro (born 1926) |
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July 1961 | 26 March 1962 | Raúl Castro (1961–1962) |
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| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Party for the Socialist Revolution of Cuba (1962–1965) |
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| Fidel Castro (born 1926) |
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26 March 1962 | 3 October 1965 | Raúl Castro (1962–1965) |
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| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present) |
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| Fidel Castro (born 1926) |
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3 October 1965 | 19 April 2011 | Raúl Castro (1965–2011) |
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| Raúl Castro (born 1931) |
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19 April 2011 | Incumbent | José Ramón Machado Ventura (2011–present) |
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