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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
(PCC)
(to 26 Mar 1962, Integrated Revolutionary
Organizations [ORI];
26 Mar 1962 - 3
Oct 1965, United Party of the Cuban Socialist
Revolution [PURSC])
Jul 1961 - 19 Apr 2011
Fidel Alejandro Castro
Ruz (b.
1926)
31 Jul 2006
-
Raúl Modesto Castro
Ruz
(b. 1931)
(acting for Fidel Castro to 19 Apr 2011)
De facto ruler
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Oct
1940 Rubén Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (b. 1901 -
d. 1973) Mil
Lieutenant governors
1511 - 12 Jun
1524
Diego Velázquez de
Cuéllar
(b. 1465 - d. 1524)
Jun 1524 - 14 Mar 1525
Manuel de Rojas (1st time)(acting)
14 Mar 1525 - 27 Apr 1526 Juan de
Altamirano
27 Apr 1526 - 6 Nov 1531 Gonzalo de
Guzmán (1st time)
7 Nov 1531 - 1 Mar 1532 Juan de
Vadillo (acting)
1 Mar 1532 - 28 Oct 1535
Manuel de Rojas (2nd time)(acting)
Oct 1535 - 20 Mar 1537
Gonzalo de Guzmán (2nd time)
Governors-general
20 Mar 1537 - 12 May
1539 Hernando de
Soto
(b. c.1498 - d. 1542)
May 1539 - Oct 1543
Inés de Bobadilla de Soto (f)
(d. 1543)
(acting)
2 Feb 1544 - 4 Jun 1546 Juan
de Ávila
4 Jun 1546 - Nov 1549
Antonio de Chávez
4 Nov 1549 - 7 Mar 1557
Gonzalo Pérez de Ángulo
7 Mar 1557 - 18 Sep 1565
Diego de Mazariegos
19 Sep 1565 - 24 Oct 1567 Francisco
García Osorio de Sandoval
24 Oct 1567 - 13 Dec 1573 Pedro Menéndez
de
Avilés
(b. 1519 - d. 1574)
13 Dec 1575 - Feb 1577
Gabriel Montalvo
13 Feb 1577 - 27 Apr 1579 Francisco
Carreño
(d. 1579)
Apr 1579 - Jul 1579
Santiesteban (acting)
3 Oct 1579 - Aug 1580
Gaspar de Torres
Governors and Captains-general
17 Aug 1580 -
1589
Gabriel de Luján (Luxán)
21 Mar 1589 - 4 Jul 1594 Juan de
Tejeda (Texada)
Jul 1594 - Jun
1602 Juan
Maldonado Barnuevo
20 Jun 1602 - 16 Jun 1608 Pedro de Vadés
Balnueva
18 Jun 1608 - 7 Sep 1616 Gaspar
Ruíz de Pereda
Sep 1616 - Jun 1619
Sancho de Alquiza
(d. 1620)
Jun 1619 - Jul 1619
Diego Vallejo (acting)
Jul 1619 - Jul
1620 Jerónimo
de Quero
(acting)
(d. 1635)
14 Aug 1620 - 18 Apr 1624 Francisco de Venegas
Mar 1624 - Mar 1625
Damián Velásquez de Contreras
(1st time)(acting)
Mar 1625 - Jun 1625
Juan Riva Martin
(acting)
Jun 1625 - 16 Sep 1625 Damián Velásquez de
Contreras
(2nd
time)(acting)
Sep 1626 - Oct 1630
Lorenzo de Cabrera
y Cervera
7 Oct 1630 - 23 Oct 1634
Juan Bitrián de Beaumonte (Viamonte)
23 Oct 1634 - 15 Sep 1639 Francisco de
Riaño y Gamboa
15 Sep 1639 -
1647 Álvaro
de Luna y Sarmiento
Sep 1647 - Mar 1653
Diego de Villalba y Toledo,
marqués de Campo
Mar 1653 - Jun
1654 Francisco
Gelder (Xelder) y
Calatayud
Jun 1654 - Jun 1655
Ambrosio de Sotolongo (acting)
Jun 1655 - Jun 1656
Juan de Montaño Blázquez
(d. 1658)
Jun 1656 - Mar 1658
Diego Rangel (acting)
3 Mar 1658 - Jun 1662 Juan de
Salamanca
Jun 1663 - Jun
1664 Rodrigo
de Flores y Aldama
(b. 1625 - d. 1675?)
Aug 1664 - May 1670
Francisco Dávila
Orejón y Gastón (b. c.1617
- d. 1674)
May 1670 - Aug
1680 Francisco
Rodríguez de Ledesma
Aug 1680 - Jul
1685 José Fernández
de Córdoba y Ponce
de León
Jul 1685 - Nov
1687 Manuel de
Murguia y Mena (acting)
11 Nov 1687 - Oct 1689
Diego de Viana y Hinojosa
30 Oct 1689 - 2 Oct 1695 Severino
de Manzaneda Salinas y
Rozas
2 Oct 1695 - Sep
1702 Diego Córdoba y Lasso de la
Vega, (b. 16.. - d. 1720)
marqués del
Vado
20 Sep 1702 - 4 Dec 1704 Pedro
Nicolás Benítez de Lugo (b. 16.. -
d. 1705)
4 Dec 1704 - 13 May 1706 Nicolás
Chirino de Vandevale (b.
16.. - d. 1710)
(acting)
13 May 1706 - 8 Jun 1706 Pedro
Álvarez de Villamarín (b.
16.. - d. 1706)
8 Jun 1706 - 18 Jan 1708 Luis Chacón
y Castellón (1st time) (b. 1670 - d. 1716)
(acting)
18 Jan 1708 - 18 Feb 1711 Laureano José de
Torres Ayala y (b. 1645 - d. 1722)
Quadros Castellanos, marqués de
Casa Torres
18 Feb 1711 - 26 May 1711 Luis Chacón y
Castellón (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
26 May 1711 - 23 Aug 1717 Vicente de Raja
(b. 16.. - d. 1717)
23 Aug 1717 - 23 Jun 1718 Gómez Maraver
Ponce de León
(interim)
23 Jun 1718 - 29 Sep 1724 Gregorio Guazo
y Calderón
(b. 1675 - d. 1726)
Fernández de la Vega
29 Sep 1724 - 18 Mar 1734 Dionisio
Martínez de la Vega (b. 167. - d.
1741)
18 Mar 1734 - 22 Apr 1746 Juan Francisco
de Güemes y
(b. 1681 - d. 1776)
Horacitas Gordón de Saenz de
Villamolinedo, conde de
Revillagigedo
22 Apr 1746 - 21 Jul 1746 Juan Antonio
Tineo y Fuertes (b. 169. - d. 1746)
21 Jul 1746 - 9 Jun 1747 Diego
Peñalosa (acting)
9 Jun 1747 - 18 May 1760
Francisco Antonio Cajigal de la (b.
1695 - d. 1777)
Vega
18 May 1760 - 7 Feb 1761 Pedro
Alonso (acting)
(b. 171. - d. 1766)
7 Feb 1761 - 13 Aug 1762
Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero (b. 1716 - d.
c.1770)
y Luna
13 Aug 1762 - 1 Jan 1763 George
Keppel, Earl of Albemarle (b. 1724 - d.
1772)
1 Jan 1763 - 8 Jul
1763 William Keppel, Earl of Albemarle (b.
1727 - d. 1782)
8 Jul 1763 - 27 Jun 1765
Ambrosio Funes Villalpando Abarca (b. 1720 - d.
1780)
de Bolea, conde de Ricla
27 Jun 1765 - 24 Jul 1765 Diego Antonio
Manrique
(b. 17.. - d. 1765)
24 Jul 1765 - 11 Mar 1766 Pascual Jiménez
de Cisneros
(b. 1709 - d. 1784)
(acting)
11 Mar 1766 - 14 Aug 1771 Antonio María
de Bucareli y Ursúa (b. 1717 - d. 1779)
Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega
14 Aug 1771 - 18 Nov 1771 Diego José
Navarro y García de (b. 1708 - d.
1784)
Valladares (1st
time) (acting)
18 Nov 1771 - 12 Jun 1777 Felipe de
Fondesviela y Ondeano, (b. 1725 - d. 1784)
marqués de la Torre
12 Jun 1777 - 12 Feb 1782 Diego José
Navarro García de (s.a.)
Valladares (2nd time)
12 Feb 1782 - 29 Dec 1782 Juan Manuel de
Cajigal y (b.
1739 - d. 1811)
Montserrat
29 Dec 1782 - 1 Feb 1785 Luis de
Unzaga y
Amezaga
(b. 1721 - d. 1793)
5 Apr 1785 - 7 Apr
1785 Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y
(b. 1746 - d. 1786)
Galardo, conde Gálvez
7 Apr 1785 - 1 Dec 1785
Bernardo Troncoso y Martínez del (b. 1730 - d.
1804)
Rincón (interim)
1 Dec 1785 - 18 Apr 1789
José Manuel Ignacio Timoteo de
(b. 1741 - d. 1823)
Ezpeleta Galdeano
18 Apr 1789 - 8 Jul 1790 Domingo
Cabello y
Robles
(b. c.1725 - d. 1801)
8 Jul 1790 - 6 Dec
1796 Luis de las Casas y
Arragorri (b. 1745 - d.
1800)
6 Dec 1796 - 13 May 1799
Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, (b. 1740 - d.
1820)
conde de Santa Clara
13 May 1799 - 14 Apr 1812 Salvador de
Muro y Salazar, (b.
1754 - d. 1813)
marqués de Someruleos
14 Apr 1812 - 1 Jul 1816 Juan Ruíz
de Apodaca y Eliza (b. 1754 - d.
1835)
1 Jul 1816 - 29 Aug 1819
José María González de Cienfuegos (b. 1763 -
d. 1825)
y
Jovellanos
29 Aug 1819 - 3 Mar 1821 Juan
Manuel Cajigal y Niño
(b. 1754 - d. 1823)
3 Mar 1821 - 13 Jul 1822
Nicolás de Mahy y Romo
(b. 1757 - d. 1822)
13 Jul 1822 - 2 May 1823 Sebastián
Kindelán y Oregón (b. 1763 -
d. 1836)
(acting)
2 May 1823 - 15 May 1832
Francisco Dionisio Vivés y Llanes (b. 1775 -
d. 1840)
15 May 1832 - 1 Jun 1834 Mariano
Ricafort Palacín y Abarca (b. 1776 - d. 1846)
1 Jun 1834 - 20 Apr 1838
Miguel Tacón y Rosique, marqués
(b. 1775 - d. 1855)
de la Unión de Cuba
20 Apr 1838 - 10 Jan 1840 Joaquín de
Ezpeleta y Enrile
(b. 1786 - d. 1863)
10 Jan 1840 - 7 Mar 1841 Pedro
Alcántara Téllez Girón y
(b. 1776 - d. 1851)
Pimentel, principe de Anglona
7 Mar 1841 - 13 Sep 1843
Jerónimo Valdés y Sierra, conde (b. 1784 -
d. 1855)
de Villaria
13 Sep 1843 - 20 Oct 1843 Francisco Javier
de Ulloa y (b. 1777
- d. 1855)
Ramírez de Laredo (acting)
20 Oct 1843 - 20 Feb 1848 Leopoldo
O'Donnell y Jorris,
(b. 1809 - d. 1867)
conde de Lucena
20 Feb 1848 - 11 Nov 1850 Federico
Roncali y Ceruti, (b.
1801? - d. 1857)
conde de Alcoy
11 Nov 1850 - 16 Apr 1852 José Gutiérrez
de la Concha y
(b. 1809 - d. 1895)
Irigoyen (1st time)
16 Apr 1852 - 3 Dec 1853 Valentín
Cañedo y Miranda (b.
1806 - d. 1856)
3 Dec 1853 - 21 Sep 1854
Juan Manuel González de la Pezuela (b. 1809 - d. 1906)
y Cabello
21 Sep 1854 - 24 Nov 1859 José Guitérrez
de la Concha y (s.a.)
Irigoyen, marqués de la Habana
(2nd time)
24 Nov 1859 - 10 Dec 1862 Francisco
Serrano y Domínguez, (b. 1810 - d.
1885)
duque de la Torre
10 Dec 1862 - 30 May 1866 Domingo Dulce y
Garay, marqués
(b. 1808 - d. 1869)
de Florit (1st time)
30 May 1866 - 3 Nov 1866 Francisco
Alejandro de Lersundi y (b. 1817 - d. 1874)
Ormaechea Olabe y Bustinzuria
(1st time)
3 Nov 1866 - 24 Sep 1867
Joaquín del Manzano y Manzano
(b. 1805 - d. 1867)
24 Sep 1867 - 21 Dec 1867 Blas Villate y
de la Hera
(b. 1824 - d.
1882)
(1st time)(acting)
21 Dec 1867 - 4 Jan 1869 Francisco
Alejandro de Lersundi y (s.a.)
Ormaechea Olabe y Bustinzuria
(2nd time)
4 Jan 1869 - 2 Jun
1869 Domingo Dulce y Garay, marqués
(s.a.)
de Florit (2nd time)
2 Jun 1869 - 28 Jun 1869
Felipe Ginovés del Espinar
(acting)
28 Jun 1869 - 13 Dec 1870 Antonio
Caballero y Fernández de (b. 1816 - d. 1876)
Rodas
13 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1872 Blas Villate y
de la
Hera,
(s.a.)
conde de Balmaseda (2nd time)
11 Jul 1872 - 18 Apr 1873 Francisco
Ceballos y
Vargas (b.
1814 - d. 1883)
(acting)
18 Apr 1873 - 4 Nov 1873 Cándido
Pieltaín y Jove-Huelgo (b.
1822 - d. 1888)
4 Nov 1873 - 6 Apr
1874 Joaquín Jovellar y
Soler
(b. 1819 - d. 1892)
(1st time)
6 Apr 1874 - 1 Mar
1875 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
y (s.a.)
Irgoyen, marqués de la Habana
(3rd time)
1 Mar 1875 - 8 Mar
1875 Buenaventura Carbó y Alcoy
(b. 1819 - d. 1888)
(acting)
8 Mar 1875 - 18 Jan 1876
Blas Villate y de la
Hera,
(s.a.)
conde de Balmaseda (3rd time)
18 Jan 1876 - 17 Jun 1876 Joaquín
Jovellar y Soler (2nd time)(s.a.)
17 Jun 1876 - 5 Feb 1879 Arsenio
Martínez de Campos y
(b. 1831 - d. 1900)
Antón (1st time)
5 Feb 1879 - 17 Apr 1879
Cayetano Figueroa y Garaondo
(acting)
17 Apr 1879 - 28 Nov 1881 Ramón Blanco y
Ereñas,
(b. 1831 - d. 1906)
marqués de Peña Plata (1st time)
28 Nov 1881 - 4 Aug 1883 Luís
Prendergast y Gordón,
(b. 1823 - d. 1892)
marqués de la Victória de las Tunas
5 Aug 1883 - 28 Sep 1883
Tomás de Reyna y Reyna (acting) (b. 1821 -
d. 1896)
28 Sep 1883 - 8 Nov 1884 Ignacio
María del Castillo y Gill (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
de la Torre, conde de Bilbao
8 Nov 1884 - 5 Mar
1886 Ramón Fajardo y Izquierdo
(b. 1826 - d. 1888)
5 Mar 1886 - 30 Mar 1886
Sabas Marín y González (1st time) (b. 1828 -
d. 1901)
(acting)
30 Mar 1886 - 15 Jul 1887 Emilio Calleja y
Isasi (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1906)
15 Jul 1887 - 13 Mar 1889 Sabas Marín y
González (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Mar 1889 - 6 Feb 1890 Manuel
Salamanca y
Negrete
(b. 1831 - d. 1891)
6 Feb 1890 - 4 Apr
1890 José Sánchez Gómez (acting)
4 Apr 1890 - 24 Aug 1890
José Chinchilla y Diez de Oñate
(b. 1839 - d. 1898)
24 Aug 1890 - 20 Jun 1892 Camilo García
de Polavieja y del (b. 1838 - d. 1914)
Castillo Negrete
20 Jun 1892 - 15 Jul 1893 Alejandro
Rodríguez Arías y (b. 1838 -
d. 1893)
Rodulfo
15 Jul 1893 - 16 Sep 1893 José Arderius y
García (acting)
16 Sep 1893 - 16 Apr 1895 Emilio Calleja
y Isasi (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Apr 1895 - 11 Jan 1896 Arsenio
Martínez de Campos y
(s.a.)
Antón (2nd time)
11 Jan 1896 - 31 Oct 1897 Valeriano
Weyler y
Nicolau, (b.
1838 - d. 1930)
marqués de Tenerife
31 Oct 1897 - 30 Nov 1898 Ramón Blanco y
Ereñas,
(s.a.)
marqués de Peña Plata (2nd time)
30 Nov 1898 - 1 Jan 1899 Adolfo
Jiménez Castellanos y de (b. 1844 - d.
1929)
Tapia
Captain-general of Liberating Army of Cuba and in
charge of its provisional government
10 Oct 1868 - 12 Apr 1869 Carlos
Manuel Perfecto del Carmen (b. 1819 - d.
1874) Mil
de Céspedes y del Castillo
Presidents
12 Apr 1869 - 27 Oct 1873 Carlos Manuel
Perfecto del Carmen (s.a.)
Non-party
de Céspedes y del Castillo
27 Oct 1873 - 1 Jul 1875 Salvador
Cisneros y Betancourt, (b. 1848 - d.
1914) PC
marqués de Santa Lucía
(1st time) (interim)
1 Jul 1875 - 29 Mar 1876
Juan Bautista Spotorno
y
(b. 1832 - d. 1917) PL
Georovich (interim)
29 Mar 1876 - 19 Oct 1877 Tomás Estrada
Palma (1st time) (b. 1835 - d.
1908) PL
19 Oct 1877 - 13 Dec 1877 Francisco
Javier de Jesús de
(b. 1821 - d. 1903) PC
Céspedes y del Castillo (interim)
13 Dec 1877 - 10 Feb 1878 Vicente García
y
González
(b. 1833 - d. 1886) PC
10 Feb 1878 - 16 Mar 1878 Spanish
control reasserted
16 Mar 1878 - 28 May 1878 Manuel de Jesús
Calvar y Odoardo (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
PC
(president of Provisional Government)
28 May 1878 - 18 Sep 1895 Spanish
control reasserted
18 Sep 1895 - 30 Oct 1897 Salvador
Cisneros y Betancourt,
(s.a.)
PRC
marqués de Santa Lucía (2nd time)
(president of Government Council)
30 Oct 1897 - 7 Nov 1898 Bartolomé
Masó y
Márquez
(b. 1830 - d. 1907) PRC
President of the Assembly of Representatives
of the Cuban Revolution
7 Nov 1898 - 10 Nov 1898
Domingo Méndez
Capote
(b. 1863 - d. 1933) PRC
Presidents of the Executive Council of the
Assembly of
Representatives of the Cuban Revolution
10 Nov 1898 - 4 Apr 1899 Rafael
María Portuondo Tomayo (b.
1840 - d. 1908) Mil
4 Apr 1899 - 30 Jun 1899
José Lacret y
Morlot
(b. 1848 - d. 1904) PRC
Governors
1 Jan 1899 - 23 Dec 1899
John Ruller
Brooke
(b. 1838 - d. 1926)
23 Dec 1899 - 20 May 1902 Leonard
Wood
(b. 1868 - d. 1927)
President
20 May 1902 - 28 Sep 1906 Tomás Estrada
Palma (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party/PM
Provisional Governors
29 Sep 1906 - 13 Oct 1906 William Howard
Taft
(b. 1857 - d. 1930)
13 Oct 1906 - 28 Jan 1909 Charles Edward
Magoon
(b. 1861 - d. 1920)
Presidents
28 Jan 1909 - 20 May 1913 José Miguel
Gómez y
Gómez
(b. 1858 - d. 1921) PL
20 May 1913 - 20 May 1921 Aurelio Mario
Gabriel Francisco (b. 1868 - d.
1941) PC
García Menocal y Deop
20 May 1921 - 20 May 1925 Alfredo Zayas y
Alfonso
(b. 1861 - d. 1934) PPC-LN
20 May 1925 - 24 Aug 1933 Gerardo Machado
y
Morales
(b. 1871 - d. 1939) PL
(left Cuba on 12 Aug 1933)
12 Aug 1933 - 13 Aug 1933 Alberto Herrera
y
Franchi
(b. 1874 - d. 1954) Mil
(provisional [acting for Machado])
13 Aug 1933 - 5 Sep 1933 Carlos
Manuel de Céspedes
y (b. 1871 -
d. 1939) ABC
Quesada
(provisional [acting for Machado to 24 Aug 1933])
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Sep 1933 Executive
Commission of the
Provisional Government
- Ramón Grau San
Martín
(b. 1887 - d. 1969) PRC
- Guillermo Francisco Leopoldo
(b. 1886 - d. 1958) PL
Portela y Möller
- José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio
(b. 1895 - d. 1968) PC
- Sergio Carbó y
Morera
(b. 1891 - d. 1971) PPC-LN
- Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de
(b. 1878 - d. 1950) PL
la Campa
10 Sep 1933 - 15 Jan 1934 Ramón Grau San
Martín (1st time)
(s.a.)
PRC
15 Jan 1934 - 18 Jan 1934 Carlos Hevia y
de los Reyes
(b. 1900 - d. 1964) PRC
Gavilán (provisional)
18 Jan 1934
(hours) Carlos
Manuel Agustín Márquez (b.
1872 - d. 1934) Mil
Sterling y Loret de Mola (acting)
18 Jan 1934 - 11 Dec 1935 Carlos Mendieta
y
Montefur
(b. 1873 - d. 1960) UN
(provisional)
11 Dec 1935 - 20 May 1936 José Agripino
Barnet y Vinageras (b. 1864 - d. 1945)
UN
(acting to 13 Dec 1935, provisional from 13 Dec 1935)
20 May 1936 - 24 Dec 1936 Miguel Mariano
Gómez y Arias (b.
1889 - d. 1950) UN
24 Dec 1936 - 10 Oct 1940 Federico Laredo
Bru
(b. 1875 - d. 1946) UN
10 Oct 1940 - 10 Oct 1944 Rubén Fulgencio
Batista y Zaldívar
(s.a.)
CSD
(1st time)
10 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1948 Ramón Grau San
Martín (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PRC-A
10 Oct 1948 - 10 Mar 1952 Carlos Prío
Socarrás
(b. 1903 - d. 1977) PRC-A
10 Mar 1952 - 1 Jan 1959 Rubén
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar
(s.a.)
Mil/PAU/PAP
(Chief of State to 4 Apr 1952; provisional
to 24 Feb 1955)
(2nd time)
14 Aug 1954 - 24 Feb 1955 Andrés Domingo
Morales y del (b.
1892 - d. 1979)
Castillo (acting for Batista)
1 Jan 1959
Anselmo Alliegro y
Milá (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1961)
Non-party
(did not take office)
1 Jan 1959 - 2 Jan 1959 Carlos
Manuel Piedra y Piedra (b.
1895? - d. 1988) Non-party
(interim) (did not take office)
2 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959
Manuel Urrutia
Lleó
(b. 1901 - d. 1981) Non-party
18 Jul 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Osvaldo
Dorticós
Torrado
(b. 1919 - d. 1983)ORI/PURSC/PCC
Presidents of the Council of State
2 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb
2008 Fidel Alejandro Castro
Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
31 Jul 2006
-
Raúl Modesto Castro
Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)
President of the Cabinet
1 Jan 1898 - 1898
José María Gálvez Alonso
(b. 1834 - d. 1906) PAL
Premiers
10 Oct 1940 - 16 Aug 1942 Carlos
Saladrigas y
Zayas
(b. 1900 - d. 1956) CSD
16 Aug 1942 - 16 Mar 1944 Ramón Zaydín y
Márquez Sterling (b. 1895 - d.
1968) CSD
16 Mar 1944 - 10 Oct 1944 Anselmo
Alliegro y
Milá
(s.a.)
CSD
10 Oct 1944 - 13 Oct 1945 Félix Lancís
Sánchez (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1976)
PRC-A
13 Oct 1945 - 1 May 1947 Carlos
Prío
Socarrás
(s.a.)
PRC-A
1 May 1947 - 10 Oct 1948
Raúl López del
Castillo
(b. 1893 - d. 1963) PRC-A
10 Oct 1948 - 6 Oct 1950 Manuel
Antonio de Varona y Loredo (b. 1908 - d.
1992) PRC-A
6 Oct 1950 - 1 Oct
1951 Félix Lancís Sánchez (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
PRC-A
1 Oct 1951 - 10 Mar 1952
Óscar B. Gans y López Martínez
(b. 1903 - d. 1965) PAU
10 Mar 1952 - 4 Apr 1952 Rubén
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar
(s.a.)
Mil
24 Feb 1955 - 26 Mar 1957 Jorge García
Montes
(b. 1898 - d. 1982) PAP
26 Mar 1957 - 6 Mar 1958 Andrés
Rivero
Agüero
(b. 1905 - d. 1997) PAP
6 Mar 1958 - 12 Mar 1958
Emilio Núñez
Portuondo
(b. 1898 - d. 1978) PAP
12 Mar 1958 - 1 Jan 1959 Gonzalo
Güell y Morales de los (b. 1895
- d. 1985) PAP
Ríos
5 Jan 1959 - 13 Feb 1959
José Miró
Cardona
(b. 1902 - d. 1974) Non-party
16 Feb 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Fidel
Alejandro Castro
Ruz
(s.a.)
MR-26-7/ORI/
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
PURSC/PCC
3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008
Fidel Alejandro Castro
Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
31 Jul 2006
-
Raúl Modesto Castro
Ruz
(s.a.)
PCC
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)
Territorial Dispute: U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to U.S., since 1903 and renewed 1934, and only mutual agreement or U.S. abandonment of the area can terminate the lease.
Party abbreviations: PCC
= Partido Comunista de Cuba (Communist Party of Cuba,
communist,
authoritarian, former PUSC, only legal
party since 1965); Mil =
Military;
- Former parties:
ABC = ABC Sociedad Revolucionaria
(A.B.C. Revolutionary Society, student and professionals
opposed to Machado, 1925-33); AR
= Acción Republicana (Republican Action, est.1935); CSD
= Coalición Socialista Democrática (Democratic Socialist
Coalition, alliance of Communist Revolutionary Union,
PAP, Democratic National Association, PL and the
Republican Democratic Party, est.1939); MR-26-7
= Movemiento Revolucionario de 26 Julio (Revolutionary
Movement of Jul 26th, communist, Jul 1961 joined ORI); ORI
= Organizaciones Revolucionarias Integradas
(Integrated Revolutionary Organizations, merger of
MR-26-7, People's Socialist Party, and Revolutionary
Directory March 13th, communist, Jul 1961-62, from 26
Mar 1962 PUSC); PAL = Partido
Liberal Autonomist (Autonomist Liberal Party,
1879-1898); PAP = Partido
Acción Progresista (Progressive Action Party, 1954-59);
PAU = Partido de Acción Unitaria
(United Action Party, pro-Batista, 1949-52); PC
= Partido Conservador (Conservative Party, 1907-1959); PCSD
= Coalicion Socialista Democratico (Social Democratic
Coalition, pro-Batista, 1940-44); PL
= Partido Liberal (Liberal Party, liberal, 1878-1959); PM
= Partido Moderado (Moderate Party, conservative,
1902-06); PPC-LN = Partido
Popular Cubano-Liga Nacional (Cuban Popular
Party-National League, PPC and PC alliance, est.1920); PRC
= Partido Revolucionario Cubano
(Cuban Revolutionary Party, 1892-1902); PRC-A
= Partido Revolucionaro Cubano-Auténtico
(Cuban Revolutionary Party-Authentic, nationalist,
1934-53); PURSC = Partido
Unido de la Revolución Socialista de Cuba
(United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution,
communist, 1962-65, only legal party, then PCC); UN
= Unión Nacionalista (Nationalist Union, est.1927)
Isle of Pines
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1 Jan
1899
Spain cedes colonial authority to U.S. (de jure 11 Apr
1899).
20 May
1902
Republic of Cuba independent from U.S. with status of
the
Isle of Pines (Isla de Pinos) to be determined.
8 Apr
1907
U.S. Supreme Court rules (Pearcy v. Stranahan)
that the island
is not a U.S. territory.
23 Mar
1925
U.S. Senate confirms Cuban sovereignty over the Isle of
Pines by
Isle of Pines Treaty.
28 Jun 1978
Renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle
of Youth).
Mayors (Alcaldes) of Nueva Gerona
1898 -
1899
Fernando Plazaola
Aug 1899 - 1908
Juan Manuel Sánchez Amat
(b. 1866 - d. 1934)
1908 - 19..
Benito Ortiz y Ortiz
19.. - 19..
José Elías Sardá
(b. 1874 - d. 19..)
c.1921 - c.1924
Francisco Llorca
Soto
Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base
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Adopted 10 Dec 1903
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23 Feb
1903
U.S. leases naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba (the
agreement
also gave the U.S. the right to establish another base
at
Bahía Honda, this area was however returned to Cuba in
1912,
in exchange for larger facilities at Guantanamo Bay).
10 Dec
1903
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.
10 Dec
1913
Naval Station officially opens.
31 May
1934
Treaty affirms perpetual U.S. sovereignty (only mutual
agreement or U.S. abandonment of the area can terminate
the
lease), treaty is reaffirmed again in 1963.
1 Apr
1941
Renamed U.S. Naval Operating Base Guantanamo
Bay.
18 Jun
1952
Renamed U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay.
Commandants
10 Dec 1903 - May 1904
William H. Allen
17 May 1904 - Sep 1906
Charles C. Rogers
8 Sep 1906 - Jul
1907 Albert A. Ackerman
Aug 1907 - May
1908 Clark D.
Stearns (acting)
May 1908 - April
1909 Charles H. Harlow
May 1909 - Nov
1909 Myles
Joyce (acting)
Nov 1909 - Jan
1912 Walter
Ball
(b. 1872 - d. 1944)
18 Jan 1912 - Jun 1913
George W. Kline
Jun 1913 - Jan
1914 Merritt
S. Corning (acting)
Jan 1914 - Oct
1914 Hilary
Williams
Dec 1914 - May
1916 John M.
Luby
4 May 1916 - Sep
1917 Dudley Wright
Knox
(b. 1877 - d. 1960)
Sep 1917 - Nov
1918 E.E.
Wright
Dec 1918 - Sep
1920 Guy
Whitlock
(d. 1922?)
Sep 1920 - Jun
1921 John J.
Hannigan
Jun 1921 - May
1923 Robert T.
Menner
(d. 1932)
May 1923 - Jun
1924 Ward K.
Wortman
Jun 1924 - Jun
1926 Charles
M. Tozer
(b. 1876 - d.
1949)
Jun 1926 - Aug
1928 Charles
C. Soule, Jr.
Aug 1928 - Jun
1930 Charles
S. McWhorter
Aug 1930 - Feb
1931 Alfred
Hart
Miles
(b. 1883 - d. 1956)
Feb 1931 - May
1933 Thomas L.
Johnson
Jun 1933 - Jun
1934 Edward C.
Raguet
Jun 1934 - Apr
1936 Charles
"Saavy" M. Cooke Jr.
(b. 1886 - d. 1970)
May 1936 - Jun
1938 Mark L.
Hersey, Jr.
(b. 1888 - d. 1974)
Jun 1938 - Aug
1940 Worrall
R.
Carter
(b. 1885 - d. 1975)
Sep 1940 - Mar
1944 George L.
Weyler
(b. 1886 - d. 1971)
Commanders
Apr 1944 - Oct
1944 Frank
Alfred
Braisted
(b. 1889 - d. 1981)
Oct 1944 - Dec
1945 J.J.
Mahoney
Jan 1946 - May
1948 C.E.
Battle, Jr.
Jun 1948 - Jun
1950 W.K.
Phillips
Jun 1950 - Dec
1950 Albert M.
Bledsoe
(b. 1896 - d. 19..)
Dec 1950 - Jan
1953 Marion E.
Murphy
(b. 1899 - d. 1980)
Jan 1953 - Dec
1953 Clarence
Lee Conner
Atkeson (b.
1899 - d. 1975)
Feb 1954 - Sep
1955 Edmund B.
Taylor
(b. 1904 - d. 1973)
Sep 1955 - Oct
1956 W.G.
Cooper
Dec 1956 - Nov
1958 Robert B.
Ellis
(d. 1984)
Nov 1958 - Oct
1960 Frank W.
Fenno
(b. 1902 - d. 1973)
Dec 1960 - Dec 1962
Edward J.
O'Donnell
(b. 1907 - d. 1991)
Dec 1962 - Dec
1963 J.W.
Davis
Dec 1963 - Jun
1966 John
Duncan
Bulkeley
(b. 1911 - d. 1996)
Jun 1966 - Jul
1968 E.R.
Crawford
Jul 1968 - Jun
1970 James B.
Hildreth
(b. 1920 - d. 2006)
Jun 1970 - Aug
1972 Brian
McCauley
Aug 1972 - Jun
1973 Leo B.
McCuddin
(b. 1917 - d. 1983)
Jun 1973 - Jul
1975 Ralph M.
Ghormley
(b. 1927 - d. 2012)
Jul 1975 - Jun
1977 J.H.
McConnell
Jun 1977 - Feb
1979 David W.
DeCook
Feb 1979 - Mar
1981 John H.
Fetterman,
Jr.
(b. 1932 - d. 2006)
Mar 1981 - Oct
1983 M.D.
Fitzgerald
Oct 1983 - Oct
1985 R.A.
Allen
Oct 1985 - Apr
1988 John R.
Condon
Apr 1988 - Jun
1990 John S.
Boyd
Jun 1990 - Aug
1992 William
C. McCamy, Jr.
Aug 1992 - Sep
1994 William
M. DeSpain
Sep 1994 - Sep
1995 James F.
Boland, Jr.
Sep 1995 - Apr
1997 Jim
Cannon
Apr 1997 - 12 May 2000
Larry E. Larson
12 May 2000 - 27 Mar 2003 Robert A.
Buehn
(b. 1951?)
27 Mar 2003 - 9 Jul 2005 Leslie J.
McCoy
9 Jul 2005 - 22 Sep 2005
Lawrence S. Cotton,
Jr.
(b. 1956?)
22 Sep 2005 - 25 Sep 2008 Mark M. Leary
(b. 1958?)
25 Sep 2008 - 23 Sep 2010 Steven H.
Blaisdell
23 Sep 2010 - 29 Jun 2012 Kirk R.
Hibbert
29 Jun 2012 -
John R. Nettleton
Territorial Dispute: Claimed by Cuba;
leased to U.S. renewed 1934, and only mutual agreement
or U.S. abandonment of the area can
terminate the lease.
© Ben Cahoon