List of heads of government of Cuba

The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Cuba from 1940 until the present day.

The current Prime Minister of Cuba (officially called President of the Council of Ministers, according to the 1976 Constitution) is Raúl Castro, since 24 February 2008.

Prime Ministers of Cuba

Republic of Cuba

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	President (Term)
			Took Office	Left Office	Time in Office
Prime Ministers
style="background:Template:Popular Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 1		Carlos Saladrigas Zayas (1900–1956)	10 October 1940	16 August 1942	1 year, 310 days	Popular Socialist Party	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Democratic Socialist Coalition/meta/color;" |	Fulgencio Batista (1940–1944)
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 2		Ramón Zaydín (1895–1968)	16 August 1942	16 March 1944	1 year, 213 days	Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 3		Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899–1961)	16 March 1944	10 October 1944	208 days	Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 4		Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976)	10 October 1944	13 October 1945	1 year, 3 days	Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color;" |	Ramon Grau (1944–1948)
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 5		Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977)	13 October 1945	1 May 1947	1 year, 200 days	Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 6		Raúl López del Castillo (1893–1963)	1 May 1947	10 October 1948	1 year, 162 days	Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 7		Manuel Antonio de Varona (1908–1992)	10 October 1948	6 October 1950	1 year, 361 days	Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color;" |	Carlos Prío Socarrás (1948–1952)
style="background:Template:Authentic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 8		Félix Lancís Sánchez (1900–1976)	6 October 1950	1 October 1951	360 days	Authentic Cuban Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 9		Óscar Gans (1903–1965)	1 October 1951	10 March 1952	161 days	Progressive Action Party
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 10		Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973)	10 March 1952	4 April 1952	25 days	Progressive Action Party	rowspan=7 style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color;" |	Fulgencio Batista (1952–1959)
Vacant (4 April 1952 – 14 August 1954)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" | —		Andrés Domingo y Morales del Castillo (1892–1979)	14 August 1954	24 February 1955	194 days	Independent
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 11		Jorge García Montes (1896–1982)	24 February 1955	26 March 1957	2 years, 30 days	Progressive Action Party
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 12		Andrés Rivero Agüero (1905–1996)	26 March 1957	6 March 1958	345 days	Progressive Action Party
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 13		Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978)	6 March 1958	12 March 1958	6 days	Progressive Action Party
style="background:Template:Progressive Action Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 14		Gonzalo Güell (1895–1985)	12 March 1958	1 January 1959	295 days	Progressive Action Party

Republic of Cuba (since the Revolution)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	President (Term)
			Took Office	Left Office	Time in Office
Prime Ministers
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;" | 15		José Miró Cardona (1902–1974)	5 January 1959	13 February 1959	39 days	Independent	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1959)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:26th of July Movement/meta/color;"| 16		Fidel Castro (1926–2016)	16 February 1959	2 December 1976	17 years, 290 days	26th of July Movement (until 3 October 1965.)
style="background:Template:Popular Socialist Party (Cuba)/meta/color;" |							Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado File:OsvaldoDorticósTorrado.png (1959–1976)
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;"| (16)						Communist Party of Cuba		style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;" |
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;"| (16)		Fidel Castro (1926–2016)	3 December 1976	24 February 2008	31 years, 83 days	Communist Party of Cuba	style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;" |	Fidel Castro (1976–2008)
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;"| —		Raúl Castro (1931–)	31 July 2006	24 February 2008	1 year, 208 days	Communist Party of Cuba	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color;" |	Raúl Castro (2008–)
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Cuba/meta/color; color:white;" | 17			24 February 2008	Incumbent	16 years, 69 days (as of 3 May 2024)

See also

• Cuba
  • Captaincy General of Cuba
  • United States Military Government in Cuba
  • Republic of Cuba (1902–59)
  • List of colonial governors of Cuba
  • Council of State (Cuba)
    • President of Cuba
      • List of Presidents of Cuba
    • Vice President of Cuba
  • Council of Ministers (Cuba)
    • Prime Minister of Cuba
  • Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
    • List of commanders of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
• Lists of office-holders
• List of current heads of state and government

References

• World Statesmen.org: profile of Cuba