List of Presidents of Cuba
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the Presidents
President of Cuba
--209.174.31.28 18:43, 22 November 2011 The President of Cuba is the Head of state of Cuba. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, the President is the chief executive of the Council of State of Cuba...

 of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

from 1902 until the present day.
# Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Party Term
Presidents of the Republic of Cuba
1 Tomás Estrada Palma
(1832–1908)
Moderate Party 20 May 1902 – 28 September 1906
Governors appointed by the United States
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...


(1857–1930)
Governor appointed by the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

29 September – 13 October 1906
Charles Edward Magoon
Charles Edward Magoon
Charles Edward Magoon was an American lawyer, judge, diplomat, and administrator who is best remembered as a governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Minister to Panama, and an occupation governor of Cuba...


(1861–1920)
Governor appointed by the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

13 October 1906 – 28 January 1909
Presidents of the Republic of Cuba
2 José Miguel Gómez
José Miguel Gómez
José Miguel Gómez y Gómez was a Cuban General in the Cuban War of Independence who went on to become President of Cuba.-Early career:...


(1858–1921)
Liberal Party 28 January 1909 – 20 May 1913
3 Mario García Menocal
Mario García Menocal
Aurelio Mario García Menocal y Deop was President of Cuba, from 1913 to 1921...


(1866–1941)
Conservative Party 20 May 1913 – 20 May 1921
4 Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
(1861–1934)
Cuban Popular Party-National League 20 May 1921 – 20 May 1925
5 Gerardo Machado
Gerardo Machado
Gerardo Machado y Morales was President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence...


(1871–1939)
Liberal Party 20 May 1925 – 24 August 1933
In exile after 12 August 1933
Alberto Herrera y Franchi
Alberto Herrera y Franchi
General Alberto Herrera y Franchi was the provisional President of Cuba from August 12 to August 13, 1933.General Herrera was the Army Chief of Staff during the presidency of Gerardo Machado...


(1874–1954)
Military 12 August – 13 August 1933
Provisional president
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba.-Biography:...


(1871–1939)
A.B.C. Revolutionary Society 13 August – 5 September 1933
Provisional President
Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba
Pentarchy of 1933
Pentarchy of 1933 was a coalition that ruled Cuba from September 5 to September 10, 1933 after Gerardo Machado was deposed on August 12, 1933...

5 – 10 September 1933
Ramón Grau
Ramón Grau
Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...


(1887–1969)
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Guillermo Portela y Möller
(1886–1958)
Liberal Party
José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio
(1895–1968)
Conservative Party
Sergio Carbó y Morera
(1891–1971)
Cuban Popular Party-National League
Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa
(1878–1950)
Liberal Party
Presidents of the Republic of Cuba
6 Ramón Grau
Ramón Grau
Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...


(1887–1969)
Cuban Revolutionary Party 10 September 1933 – 15 January 1934
Carlos Hevia
Carlos Hevia
Carlos Hevia y Reyes-Gavilan was the President of Cuba, serving for less than three days. During the third week of 1934, Hevia was President from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15, until 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, January 18. Cuban junta leader Fulgencio Batista had obtained the resignation of Hevia's...


(1900–1964)
Cuban Revolutionary Party 15 – 18 January 1934
Provisional President
Manuel Márquez Sterling
Manuel Márquez Sterling
Manuel Márquez Sterling was a Cuban diplomat and President of Cuba for a few hours on January 18, 1934....


(1872–1934)
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 
18 January 1934
Provisional President
Carlos Mendieta
Carlos Mendieta
Carlos Mendieta y Montefur was a Cuban politician and Provisional President of Cuba.A chief opponent of Gerardo Machado, Mendieta was installed as provisional President of Cuba in 1934 by a coup led by Fulgencio Batista. During his presidency, women gained the right to vote and the Platt Amendment...


(1873–1960)
National Union 18 January 1934 – 11 December 1935
Provisional President
José Agripino Barnet
José Agripino Barnet
José Agripino Barnet y Vinagres was a Cuban politician and diplomat who served as President of Cuba from December 11, 1935 to May 20, 1936. He was the seventh provisional chief since the fall of Gerardo Machado....


(1864–1945)
National Union 11 December 1935 – 20 May 1936
Provisional President
7 Miguel Mariano Gómez
Miguel Mariano Gómez
Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias , was a Cuban politician who served as President of Cuba for seven months in 1936....


(1889–1950)
National Union 20 May – 24 December 1936
8 Federico Laredo Brú
Federico Laredo Brú
Dr. Federico Laredo Brú was an attorney and served as President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940. He was married to Leonor Montes .-Rise to power:...


(1875–1946)
National Union 24 December 1936 – 10 October 1940
9 Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....


(1901–1973)
Democratic Socialist Coalition (CSD) 10 October 1940 – 10 October 1944
10 Ramón Grau
Ramón Grau
Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and the President of Cuba .-Youth:...


(1887–1969)
Cuban Revolutionary Party (Authentic)
Partido Auténtico
The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

 
10 October 1944 – 10 October 1948
11 Carlos Prío Socarrás
Carlos Prío Socarrás
Carlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...


(1903–1977)
Cuban Revolutionary Party (Authentic)
Partido Auténtico
The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

 
10 October 1948 – 10 March 1952
12 Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....


(1901–1973)
Military
United Action Party
Progressive Action Party
10 March 1952 – 24 February 1955
Provisional President
24 February 1955 – 1 January 1959
Anselmo Alliegro y Milá
(1899–1961)
Progressive Party 1 – 2 January 1959
Provisional President
Carlos Manuel Piedra
Carlos Manuel Piedra
Carlos Manuel Piedra y Piedra held the presidency of Cuba for a single day during the transition of power between Fulgencio Batista and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution...


(1895–1988)
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 
2 – 3 January 1959
Provisional President
13 Manuel Urrutia Lleó
Manuel Urrutia Lleó
Manuel Urrutia Lleó was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. Urrutia campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before serving as president in the first revolutionary government of 1959...


(1901–1981)
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 
3 January – 18 July 1959
14 Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado was a Cuban politician who served as the President of Cuba from July 17, 1959 until December 2, 1976.-Background:...


(1919–1983)
Integrated Revolutionary Organizations
United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution
Communist Party of Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state"...

 
18 July 1959 – 2 December 1976
Presidents of the Council of State of Cuba
Council of State of Cuba
The Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National...

15 Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...


(1926– )
Communist Party of Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state"...

 
2 December 1976 – 24 February 2008
Raúl Castro
Raúl Castro
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008...


(1931– )
Communist Party of Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state"...

 
31 July 2006 – 24 February 2008
Acting President
16 24 February 2008 – Incumbent

See also

  • List of colonial heads of Cuba
  • President of Cuba
    President of Cuba
    --209.174.31.28 18:43, 22 November 2011 The President of Cuba is the Head of state of Cuba. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, the President is the chief executive of the Council of State of Cuba...

  • Council of State of Cuba
    Council of State of Cuba
    The Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National...

  • Prime Minister of Cuba
    Prime Minister of Cuba
    Prime Minister of Cuba was a position in the government of Cuba. Fidel Castro assumed the position of Prime Minister in 1959 replacing José Miró Cardona....

  • List of Prime Ministers of Cuba
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK