Miguel Díaz-Canel

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Miguel Díaz-Canel is the Cuban politician who serves as the country’s president and the top leader of its ruling Communist Party, succeeding the Castro brothers in both roles.


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instanceOf communist
head of government
head of state
human
politician
continentOfCitizenship North America
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
dateOfBirth 20 April 1960
educatedAt Central University of Las Villas
ethnicGroup Cuban people
familyName Díaz-Canel
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering
fullName Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
gender male
givenName Miguel
hasSignature signature of Miguel Díaz-Canel
ideology Cuban communism
Marxism–Leninism
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf Communist Party of Cuba
militaryRank Colonel
nationality Cuban
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableFor being the first non-Castro leader of Cuba since the 1959 revolution
numberOfChildren 2
occupation electrical engineer
officeAssumed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba on 19 April 2021
President of Cuba on 19 April 2018
participatedIn Cuban government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
management of the 2021 Cuban protests
placeOfBirth Placetas, Villa Clara, Cuba
politicalAlignment anti-imperialism
positionHeld First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in Holguín
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in Villa Clara
First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba
Minister of Higher Education of Cuba
President of Cuba
President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba
President of the Council of State of Cuba
precededBy Raúl Castro as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Raúl Castro as President of Cuba
publiclyOpposes United States embargo against Cuba
religion atheism
residence Havana
servedIn Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
spouse Lis Cuesta Peraza
supports one-party socialist state in Cuba


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