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Manuel Marrero Cruz

Manuel Marrero Cruz
Marrero in 2022
18th Prime Minister of Cuba
Assumed office
21 December 2019
PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
DeputyRicardo Cabrisas
Preceded byMiguel Díaz-Canel (President of the Council of Ministers)
Minister of Tourism
In office
2004 – 21 December 2019
PresidentFidel Castro
Raúl Castro
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Succeeded byJuan Carlos García Grada
Member of the National Assembly of People's Power
Assumed office
19 April 2023
ConstituencyHolguín
Personal details
Born
Manuel Marrero Cruz

(1963-07-11) 11 July 1963 (age 61)
Holguín, Cuba
Political partyCommunist Party
Military service
Allegiance Republic of Cuba
Branch/service Revolutionary Armed Forces
RankColonel
Unit Cuban Revolutionary Army

Manuel Marrero Cruz (born 11 July 1963) is a Cuban politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Cuba, and the first since re-establishment of the office of Prime Minister in December 2019 after the 43-year abolition of the position dating from 1976. The last Prime Minister before the abolition of the office was Fidel Castro.[1] Marrero is the first person to hold the position of Prime Minister of Cuba in 43 years.[2] A member of the Communist Party of Cuba, he served as the country's long-time Minister of Tourism from 2004 until his appointment to the office of Prime Minister in December 2019.[3] During his tenure as tourism minister, Cuban tourism witnessed massive[citation needed] resilience.[citation needed] Marrero is an architect[4] and worked in Gaviota, the tourism arm of the Cuban military, where he also held the rank of colonel.[5]

  1. ^ "Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976". BBC News. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ Oppmann, Patrick (21 December 2019). "Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz prime minister". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ Frank, Marc (21 December 2019). "Cuba names prime minister in move to lighten presidential load". Reuters. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Cuba names first PM in decades as new constitution decentralises presidential power". ABC News. 22 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. ^ Mazzei, Patricia (8 November 2017). "Rubio: 'Bureaucrats' to blame for softening Trump Cuba policy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

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