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Vice President of
the Republic of Cuba
Coat of arms of Cuba.svg
Coat of arms of Cuba
Salvador Valdés Mesa (cropped).jpg
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
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 Tamayo.jpg Francisco Vicente Aguilera
(1821–1877)
April 1869 22 February 1877 † 7 years, 10 months Independent Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
2 FRANCISCO JAVIER DE CÉSPEDES.jpg Francisco Javier de Céspedes [es]
(1821–1903)
April 1877 October 1877 6 months Independent Tomás Estrada Palma
Vacant
1878 – 1895
3 Bartolome Masó Márquez.jpg Bartolomé Masó Márquez
(1830–1907)
September 1895 September 1897 2 years Cuban Revolutionary Party Salvador Cisneros Betancourt
4 Domingo Méndez Capote.jpg Domingo Méndez Capote [es]
(1863–1934)
September 1897 May 1899 1 year, 8 months Cuban Revolutionary Party Bartolomé Masó Márquez

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 No image.png Luis Estévez y Romero [es]
(1849–1909)
May 1902 March 1905 2 years, 10 months Moderate Party Tomás Estrada Palma
2 Domingo Méndez Capote.jpg Domingo Méndez Capote [es]
(1863–1934)
January 1906 September 1906 8 months Moderate Party Tomás Estrada Palma
Vacant
1906 – 1909
3 Alfredo Zayas of Cuba.jpg Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
(1861–1934)
January 1909 May 1913 4 years, 4 months Liberal Party José Miguel Gómez
4 Enrique José Varona.gif Enrique José Varona
(1849–1933)
20 May 1913 20 May 1917 4 years Conservative Party Mario García Menocal
5 Gen. E. Nunez LCCN2014700850 (cropped).jpg Emilio Núñez
(1855–1922)
20 May 1917 20 May 1921 4 years Conservative Party Mario García Menocal
6 Francisco Carrillo Morales.jpg Francisco Carrillo Morales
(1851–1926)
20 May 1921 20 May 1925 4 years Popular Party Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
7 No image.png Carlos de la Rosa Hernández [es]
(c. 1870–1933)
20 May 1925 1928 2–3 years Liberal Party Gerardo Machado
Abolished
1929 – 1936
8 Federico Laredo Bru.jpg Federico Laredo Brú
(1875–1946)
20 May 1936 December 1936 6 months Liberal Party Miguel Mariano Gómez
Vacant
1936 – 1940
9 Gustavo Cuervo Rubio.jpg Gustavo Cuervo Rubio
(1890–1978)
10 October 1940 10 October 1944 4 years Popular Socialist Coalition Fulgencio Batista
10 No image.png Raúl de Cárdenas Echarte [es]
(1884–1979)
10 October 1944 10 October 1948 4 years Authentic Party Ramón Grau
11 Guillermo alonso pujol.jpg Guillermo Alonso Pujol [es]
(1899–1973)
10 October 1948 10 March 1952 3 years, 5 months Authentic Party Carlos Prío Socarrás
Vacant
1952 – 1955
12 No image.png Rafael Guas Inclán
(1896–1975)
February 1955 1 January 1959 3 years, 11 months National Action Party Fulgencio Batista

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 Raul-castro-2015 (cropped).jpg Raúl Castro
(born 1931)
December 1976 February 2008 31 years, 2 months Communist Party Fidel Castro
2 José Ramón Machado Ventura en febrero de 2019.png José Ramón Machado Ventura
(born 1930)
February 2008 February 2013 5 years Communist Party Raúl Castro
3 Miguel Diaz Canel.jpg Miguel Díaz-Canel
(born 1960)
February 2013 April 2018 5 years, 2 months Communist Party Raúl Castro
4 Salvador Valdés Mesa (cropped).jpg 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 (cropped).jpg Salvador Valdés Mesa
(born 1945)
10 October 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 132 days Communist Party Miguel Díaz-Canel

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