First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
Incumbent Raúl Castro since 19 April 2011
Residence	Palacio de la Revolución
Appointer	Central Committee
Term length	Five years renewable once
Inaugural holder	José Miguel Pérez
Formation	August 1925

Cuba

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Constitution Law
Executive Council of State President (list): Raúl Castro Vice Presidents M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (first) G. M. Bejerano Portela (second) Council of Ministers President of the Council (list): Raúl Castro
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The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba) is the highest office within the Communist Party of Cuba. The first secretary is also the President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers, the two highest state offices. Since 1961, the position of first secretary has been synonymous with leader of Cuba. The current first secretary is Raúl Castro, he is ranked first in the Politburo hierarchy and is the brother of Fidel Castro, his predecessor.

The post was named in imitation of the office of First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which was staffed by Leonid Brezhnev at the time.

Officeholders

Name (birth–death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Second Secretary
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (1925–1939)
José Miguel Pérez (1896–1936)	—	20 August 1925	1925
José Peña Vilaboa (1891–1927)	—	1925	1926
Jorge Vivo (?)	—	1927	August 1933
Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987)		December 1933	1939
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Union (1939–1944)
Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987)		1939	1944
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party (1944–1961)
Blas Roca Calderio (1908–1987)		1944	24 June 1961
First Secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (1961–1962)
Fidel Castro (1926–2016)		July 1961	26 March 1962	Raúl Castro (1961–1962)
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Party for the Socialist Revolution of Cuba (1962–1965)
Fidel Castro (1926–2016)		26 March 1962	3 October 1965	Raúl Castro (1962–1965)
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present)
Fidel Castro (1926–2016)		3 October 1965	19 April 2011	Raúl Castro (1965–2011)
Raúl Castro (born 1931)		19 April 2011	Incumbent	José Ramón Machado Ventura (2011–present)

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

Officeholders

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See also

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba

José Miguel Pérez (1925) José Peña Vilaboa (1925–1926) Jorge Vivo (1927–1933) Blas Roca Calderio (1933–1961) Fidel Castro (1961–2011) Raúl Castro (2011–present)