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]
Biography
Salvador Valdés was part of the Association of Young Rebels since 1961, after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. He was a leader of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba and the Communist Party of Cuba. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Security between 1995 and 1999, when he was elected first secretary of the PCC in the province of Camagüey. He has been a deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power since 1993, he is a member of the Political Council of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of the Council of State (first for Santa Cruz del Sur, then Güines starting in the 9th legislature) where he holds one of the five Vice Presidencies.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Damien Cave, Raúl Castro Says His Current Term as President of Cuba Will Be His Last Archived 2020-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, 24 February 2013
- ^ Jimenez, Marguerite (28 March 2018). "Cuba After the Castros". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "End of the Castro era: Who's the man likely to be Cuba's next president?". NBC News. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Diputados elegidos en la VIII Legislatura – Camagüey". Parlamento Cubano. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Salvador Valdés Mesa | Cubadebate". Cubadebate (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
External links
- Biography by CIDOB (in Spanish)