First Vice President of the Council of State

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The First Vice President of the Council of State is a top-ranking Cuban political leader who serves as the principal deputy to the President in the country’s collective head-of-state body.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf political office
vice presidential office
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Cuba
appointedBy National Assembly of People's Power
President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers (historical practice in nominations)
associatedWithBody Council of Ministers of Cuba
constitutionalContext Cuban Constitution of 1976 (and subsequent amendments)
country Cuba
deputyOf President of the Council of State
dominantPartyContext Communist Party of Cuba
governmentBranch executive branch of Cuba
hierarchicalRank top-ranking
hierarchicalRelation principal deputy to the President of the Council of State
jurisdiction Cuban state
languageOfOfficialName Spanish
legalNature constitutional office
mayAlsoHoldOffice First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
memberOf collective head of state of Cuba
notableOfficeHolder José Ramón Machado Ventura
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Raúl Castro
officeHolderEligibility deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power
member of the Council of State
officeType collective head of state role
executive
national
officialNameInSpanish Primer Vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado
partOf Council of State of Cuba
politicalSignificance second-highest office in the Cuban Council of State hierarchy
politicalSystemContext socialist one-party state
positionHeldInOrganization Council of State of Cuba
relatedOffice First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
President of the Council of Ministers
President of the Council of State
Vice Presidents of the Council of State
reportsTo President of the Council of State
responsibility acting as principal deputy within the collective head of state
assisting the President of the Council of State in performing head-of-state functions
substituting for the President of the Council of State in case of temporary absence (as provided by Cuban constitutional practice)
scopeOfAuthority national
seat Havana
Palace of the Revolution
stateFunction participation in collective exercise of head-of-state powers
representation of the Cuban state when delegated by the President of the Council of State
successorOffice Vice President of the Republic of Cuba (in the post-2019 structure)
termLength same as Council of State term
usedInPeriod Cuban political system before the 2019 constitutional reform

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Council of State of Cuba
Council of State of Cuba ("Vice Presidents of the Council of State")
composition
First Vice President of the Council of State ("First Vice President of the Council of Ministers")
mayAlsoHoldOffice
First Vice President of the Council of State ("Primer Vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado")
officialNameInSpanish
First Vice President of the Council of State ("Vice Presidents of the Council of State")
relatedOffice

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