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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office
vice presidential office
appliesToJurisdiction Cuba
surface form: Republic of Cuba
appointedBy National Assembly of People’s Power
surface form: 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 Constitution of Cuba
surface form: 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 government
surface form: Cuban state
languageOfOfficialName Spanish
legalNature constitutional office
mayAlsoHoldOffice First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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, Cuba
surface form: 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 First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba
surface form: 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

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Council of State composition First Vice President of the Council of State
subject surface form: Council of State of Cuba
Council of State composition First Vice President of the Council of State
subject surface form: Council of State of Cuba
this entity surface form: Vice Presidents of the Council of State
First Vice President of the Council of State mayAlsoHoldOffice First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
First Vice President of the Council of State relatedOffice First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vice Presidents of the Council of State
First Vice President of the Council of State officialNameInSpanish First Vice President of the Council of State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Primer Vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado