Friday, April 22, 2016

The New Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)

Full list of the 17 Political Bureau members elected by the Party Central Committee during the 7th Congress. Raúl reported that four are women; five Black or mixed race; five Council of State vice presidents; three Council of Ministers vice presidents; four ministers; two deputy ministers; four generals - including the First Secretary - and five new members.

MEMBERS OF THE PARTY POLITICAL BUREAU

1.  Raúl Castro

First Secretary of the Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers
2. José R. Machado Ventura
Second Secretary of the Central Committee and a Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers
3. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers
4. Esteban Lazo Hernández
President of the National Assembly of People’s Power
5. Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
A Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers
6. Salvador Valdés Mesa
A Vice President of the Council of State
7. Leopoldo Cintra Frías
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
8. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Minister of Foreign Affairs
9. Marino Murillo Jorge
A Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Planning
10. Mercedes López Acea
First Secretary of the Party Provincial Committee in Havana and a Vice President of the Council of State
11. Álvaro López Miera
First Deputy Minister, Chief of the General Staff of the FAR
12. Ramón Espinosa Martín
Minfar Deputy Minister
13. Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento
Secretary General of the Cuban Workers’ Federation
14. Roberto Morales Ojeda
Minister of Public Health
15. Miriam Nicado García
Rector of the University of Computer Sciences
16. Teresa Amarelle Boué
Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women
17. Marta Ayala Ávila
Deputy Director General of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology