Salvador Valdés Mesa
Vice President of Cuba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (born 13 June 1945) is a Cuban politician[1][2] and former trade union leader. He is the First Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba.[citation needed] He was elected to succeed Miguel Díaz-Canel as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.[1][3]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Mesa.
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Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
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Vice President of Cuba | |
Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Preceded by | Rafael Guas Inclán (1959) |
First Vice President of the Council of State | |
In office 19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019 | |
President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Preceded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Succeeded by | Post abolished |
Vice President of the Council of State | |
In office 24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018 Serving with Gladys María Bejerano Portela, Mercedes López Acea, José Ramón Machado Ventura and Ramiro Valdés | |
President | Raúl Castro |
Preceded by | Esteban Lazo Hernández |
Succeeded by | Beatriz Jonson Urrutia |
Minister of Labor and Social Security | |
In office 2 March 1995 – 28 December 1999 | |
President | Fidel Castro |
Preceded by | Francisco Linares Calvo |
Succeeded by | Alfredo Morales Cartaya |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-06-13) 13 June 1945 (age 79) Amancio Rodríguez, Cuba |
Political party | 26th of July Movement (1961–1965) Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present) |
Spouse | Julia Piloto Saborit |
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