Council of State (Cuba)

The Council of State (Spanish: Consejo de Estado) 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 Assembly of People’s Power into session between its scheduled twice yearly sessions. The membership consists of a President, a Secretary, a First Vice President, five Vice Presidents, and 27 additional members. The President, the Secretary, the First Vice President, and the five Vice Presidents are also members of the Council of Ministers.

Members of the 8th Council of State (2013–2018)

Position	Member
President of Cuba	Raúl Castro
First Vice President	Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Vice President	Gladys María Bejerano Portela
Vice President	Mercedes López Acea
Vice President	Jose Ramon Machado Ventura
Vice President	Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Vice President	Salvador Valdés Mesa
Secretary	Homero Acosta Álvarez
Refinery Manager at Sancti Spiritus	Lester Alain Alemán Hurtado
General Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women	Teresa Amarelle Boué
Director of Pharmaceuticals in Camaguey	Yaramis Armenteros Medina
President of the Union of Writers and Artists	Miguel Barnet Lanza
President of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources	Inés María Chapman Waugh
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces	Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frías
Principal Mechanical Industrial Company "September 2" of Matanzas	Ileana Amparo Flores Morales
Director of the National Wildlife	Guillermo García Frías
President of the National Association of Small Farmers	Félix González Viego
President of the Provincial Assembly and the Government of Matanzas	Tania León Silveira
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers Chief of the General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces	Army Corps General Alvaro López Miera
Second Secretary of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba	Carmen Rosa López Rodríguez
Unknown	Martha del Carmen Mesa Valenciano
National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution	Carlos Rafael Miranda Martínez
Rector of the University of Computer Sciences	Miriam Nicado García
Director of the Center for Medical Genetics of Pinar del Rio	Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín
Director of the Research Institute of Tropical Viandas	Sergio Rodríguez Morales
Vice President of the Council of Ministers	Marino Murillo
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Municipal Delegate Palmira, Cienfuegos	Lyz Belkis Rosabal Ponce
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Minister of Economy and Planning	Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Cuba
• Council of Ministers
• List of Presidents of Cuba
• Similar institutions:
  • Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China
• List of current Vice Presidents