Council of Ministers (Cuba)

The Council of Ministers (Spanish: Consejo de ministros), also referred to as simply the Cabinet of Cuba, is the highest ranking executive and administrative body of the Republic of Cuba, and constitutes the nation's government. It consists of the President, the First Vice President and the five Vice Presidents of the Council of State, the Secretary of the Executive Committee, the heads of the national ministries, and other members as established by law.

The Executive Committee is a smaller body, consisting of the President and Vice Presidents of the Council of State, the Secretary and those ministers chosen by the President. The Council of Ministers is responsible for the implementation of policy agreements authorized by the National Assembly of People’s Power. These agreements are designated to individual ministries. The council also proposes general plans for economic and social development, which are in turn authorized by the National Assembly twice yearly.

The Council of Ministers also directs Cuba's foreign policy and its relations with other governments; approves international treaties before passing them over for ratification of the Council of State; directs and oversees foreign trade and the State budget. The Council of Ministers enforces laws authorized by the National Assembly, which are passed by the Council of State.

As a result of a referendum which was held on February 24, 2019, the Council of Ministers, and its power over the Cuban government, will be led by a Prime Minister.^[1]

Current members

The body, was reformed in December 2019 with the appointment of Manuel Marrero Cruz as Prime Minister - the first with that title in 43 years - and six new ministers.^[2] It currently consists of:^[3][4][5]

Office	Incumbent
President	Miguel Díaz-Canel[5]
Prime Minister	Manuel Marrero Cruz[5]
First Vice President of Council of Ministers (First Deputy Prime Minister)	Salvador Valdés Mesa[citation needed]
Vice Presidents of Council of Ministers (Deputy Prime Ministers)	Ramiro Valdés, Inés María Chapman, Jorge Luis Tapia, Jorge Luis Perdomo, and Ricardo Cabrisas[5]

Departments

The following ministers were members of the council as of April 2023:^[5]

Department	Acronym	Incumbent minister
Ministry of Economy and Planning	MEP	Alejandro Gil
Ministry of the Interior	MININT	Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (list)	MINREX	Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla
Ministry of Justice	MINJUS	Oscar Manuel Silveira Martínez
Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces	MINFAR	Álvaro López Miera
Ministry of Public Health	MINSAP	José Ángel Portal Miranda
Ministry of Labor and Social Security	MTSS	Marta Elena Feita Cabrera
Ministry of Agriculture	MINAG	Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero
Ministry of Education	MINED	Naima Ariatne Trujillo
Ministry of Energy and Mines	MINEM	Liván Arronte Cruz
Ministry of Culture	MINCULT	Alpidio Alonso Grau
Ministry of Higher Education	MES	Walter Baluja
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment	CITMA	Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya
Ministry of Communications	MINCOM	Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella
Ministry of Domestic Trade	MINCIN	Betsy Díaz Velázquez
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment	MINCEX	Ricardo Cabrisas
Ministry of Finance and Prices	MFP	Vladimir Regueiro
Ministry of Construction	MICONS	Rene Mesa Villafana
Ministry of Industry	MINDUS	Eloy Alvarez Martínez
Ministry of Food Industry	MINAL	Manuel Santiago Sobrino Martínez
Ministry of Tourism	MINTUR	Juan Carlos García Granda
Ministry of Transportation	MITRANS	Adel Onofre Yzquierdo Rodríguez
Central Bank of Cuba	BCC	Joaquín Alonso Vázquez
Institute of Information and Social Communication	ICS	Alfonso Noya
National Institute for Sports, P.E. and Recreation	INDER	Julio Christian Jiménez Molina
National Hydraulic Resources Institute	INRH	Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez
National Institute of Territorial and Urban Planning	INOTU	Raúl Acosta

See also

• Cuba portal

• List of prime ministers of Cuba