First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

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The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba is the country’s top political leader and de facto head of state, wielding ultimate authority over both the government and the armed forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership position
political office
appointedBy Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba Congress
associatedWith Council of Ministers of Cuba
Council of State of Cuba
National Assembly of People’s Power
Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
authorityOver Communist Party of Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
surface form: Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

Cuban government
surface form: Government of Cuba
constitutionalContext one‑party socialist state
controls Cuban armed forces
Cuban state security apparatus
country Cuba
countryGoverned Cuba
surface form: Republic of Cuba
deFactoRole head of state of Cuba
supreme political leader of Cuba
firstOfficeHolder Fidel Castro
governsIn Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
headquartersLocation Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
ideologicalRole chief ideologue of the Cuban state
influences domestic policy of Cuba
foreign policy of Cuba
jurisdiction national
legalBasis Constitution of Cuba
nativeName First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba self-linksurface differs
surface form: Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba
nativeNameLanguage Spanish
officeHoldersInclude Fidel Castro
Miguel Díaz-Canel
surface form: Miguel Díaz‑Canel

Raúl Castro
officeType party leadership office
partOf Communist Party of Cuba
partyAffiliationRequired Communist Party of Cuba
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism
communism
politicalSystemType one‑party system
powerSource Communist Party of Cuba
rank highest office in the Communist Party of Cuba
highest political authority in Cuba
residenceCountry Cuba
roleIn political system of Cuba
scopeOfPower military leadership
party leadership
state leadership
stateStructureContext socialist republic
symbolicRole symbol of Cuban revolutionary leadership
termDefinedBy Communist Party of Cuba statutes

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Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba elects First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba nativeName First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba
Miguel Díaz-Canel positionHeld First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Raúl Castro positionHeld First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
armed forces of Cuba supremeCommander First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba