The People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular) is the supreme judicial organ of Cuba. It is elected by, and accountable to, the National Assembly of People's Power. The judiciary are independent from the executive branch, as all judges on every level are elected by the National Assembly; the provincial judges by provincial assemblies and the municipal judges by municipal assemblies. The current court dates to 1973 and replaced the earlier Supreme Court of Cuba c. 1898. Its current president is Oscar Manuel Silvera Martínez.
Composition of Court
The People's Supreme Court is composed of a chief justice and president with his/her vice president and all professional and lay judges and is structured as follows: criminal, civil, administrative, labor, crimes-against-the-state, economic and military courts.
Presidents of the Supreme Court Antonio Ysidoro González de Mendoza Bonilla, 4.5.1899 – 25.9.1900 Rafael Félix De la Cruz Pérez, 25.9.1900 – 27.4.1904 Juan Bautista Hernández Barreyro, 5.9.1904 – 12.12.1913 José Antonio Pichardo Márquez, 17.12.1913 – 9.6.1917 José Antolín del Cueto Pazos, 9.6.1917 – 17.6.1921 Ángel Cirilo Betancourt Miranda, 21.6.1921 – 9.3.1925 Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Quirós, 7.5.1925 – 6.4.1932 José Gregorio Vivanco Hernández, 7.4.1932 – 19.8.1933 Juan Federico Edelmann Rovira, 19.8.1933 – 5.4.1952 Gabriel Emilio Pichardo Moya, 18.4.1952 – 27.7.1956 Santiago Desiderio Rosell Leyte-Vidal, 28.9.1956 – 13.1.1959 Emilio Florencio Menéndez Menéndez, 14.1.1959 – 21.12.1960 Enrique Armando Hart Ramírez, 2.2.1961 – 30.6.1980 José Raúl Amaro Salup, 1.7.1980 – 30.11.1998 Rubén Remigio Ferro, 23.12.1998 – Source:
See also
Cuban law
References
External links Tribunal Supremo Popular