List of heads of state of Cuba
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This article lists the Presidents of Cuba from 1902 until the present day.
The current President of Cuba (officially called President of the Council of State, according to the 1976 Constitution) is Miguel Díaz-Canel, since 19 April 2018.
Presidents of Cuba
Republic of Cuba
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
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1 | Tomás Estrada Palma (1835–1908) | 20 May 1902 | 28 September 1906 | 4 years, 131 days | Republican |
Second Occupation of Cuba
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Appointed by | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||
Provisional Governors | ||||||
— | William Howard Taft (1857–1930) |
29 September 1906 | 13 October 1906 | 14 days | President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) | |
— | Charles Edward Magoon (1861–1920) |
13 October 1906 | 28 January 1909 | 2 years, 107 days |
Republic of Cuba
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
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Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||
Presidents of the Republic | ||||||
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 2 | José Miguel Gómez (1858–1921) |
28 January 1909 | 20 May 1913 | 4 years, 112 days | Liberal Party | |
style="background:Template:Conservative Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 3 | Mario García Menocal (1866–1941) |
20 May 1913 | 20 May 1921 | 8 years, 0 days | Conservative Party | |
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 4 | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861–1934) |
20 May 1921 | 20 May 1925 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal Party | |
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 5 | Gerardo Machado (1871–1939) |
20 May 1925 | 12 August 1933 | 8 years, 84 days | Liberal Party | |
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;" | 6 | Alberto Herrera y Franchi (1874–1954) |
12 August 1933 | 13 August 1933 | 1 day | Military | |
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 7 | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871–1939) |
13 August 1933 | 5 September 1933 | 23 days | A.B.C. Revolutionary Society | |
Executive Commission of the Provisional Government | ||||||
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | — | Ramón Grau (1881–1969) |
5 September 1933 | 10 September 1933 | 5 days | Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | |
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | — | Guillermo Portela y Möller (1886–1958) |
Liberal Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Conservative Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | — | José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (1895–1968) |
Conservative Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Cuban Popular Party-National League/meta/color; color:white;" | — | Sergio Carbó y Morera (1891–1971) |
Cuban Popular Party-National League | ||||
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | — | Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa (1878–1950) |
Liberal Party | ||||
Presidents of the Republic | ||||||
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 8 | Ramón Grau (1881–1969) |
10 September 1933 | 15 January 1934 | 127 days | Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | |
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 9 | Carlos Hevia (1900–1964) |
15 January 1934 | 18 January 1934 | 3 days | Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" | 10 | Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872–1934) |
18 January 1934 | 18 January 1934 | 6 hours | Independent | |
style="background:Template:National Union/meta/color; color:black;" |11 | Carlos Mendieta (1873–1960) |
18 January 1934 | 11 December 1935 | 1 year, 327 days | National Union | |
style="background:Template:National Union/meta/color; color:black;" | 12 | José Agripino Barnet (1864–1945) |
11 December 1935 | 20 May 1936 | 161 days | National Union | |
style="background:Template:National Union/meta/color; color:black;" | 13 | Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889–1950) |
20 May 1936 | 24 December 1936 | 218 days | National Union | |
style="background:Template:National Union/meta/color; color:black;" | 14 | Federico Laredo Brú (1875–1946) |
24 December 1936 | 10 October 1940 | 3 years, 291 days | National Union | |
style="background:Template:Democratic Socialist Coalition/meta/color; color:white;" | 15 | Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) |
10 October 1940 | 10 October 1944 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic Socialist Coalition | |
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 16 | Ramón Grau (1881–1969) |
10 October 1944 | 10 October 1948 | 4 years, 0 days | Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | |
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 17 | Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977) |
10 October 1948 | 10 March 1952 | 3 years, 152 days | Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party | |
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 18 | Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973) |
10 March 1952 | 24 February 1955 | 6 years, 297 days | Progressive Action Party | |
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | | 24 February 1955 | 1 January 1959 | ||||
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 19 | Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899–1961) |
1 January 1959 | 2 January 1959 | 1 day | Progressive Action Party | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" | 20 | Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895–1988) |
2 January 1959 | 3 January 1959 | 1 day | Independent |
Republic of Cuba (since the Revolution)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
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Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||
Presidents of the Republic | ||||||
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" | 21 | Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901–1981) |
3 January 1959 | 18 July 1959 | 196 days | Independent | |
style="background:Template:Popular Socialist Party (Cuba)/meta/color; color:white;" | 22 | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919–1983) |
18 July 1959 | 2 December 1976 | 17 years, 137 days | Popular Socialist Party (until 26 March 1962.) | |
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | - | United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution Communist Party of Cuba | |||||
Presidents of the Council of State | ||||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;"| 23 | Fidel Castro (1926–2016) |
2 December 1976 | 24 February 2008 | 31 years, 84 days | Communist Party of Cuba | |
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;"| 24 | Raúl Castro (born 1931) |
31 July 2006 | 24 February 2008 | 1 year, 208 days | Communist Party of Cuba | |
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | | 24 February 2008 | 19 April 2018 | 10 years, 54 days | |||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 25 | Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960) |
19 April 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 27 days (as of 16 May 2024) |
Communist Party of Cuba |
See also
- Cuba
- Lists of office-holders
- List of current heads of state and government