Per the 2019 Constitution of Cuba, each province of Cuba is composed by a governor and a provincial council. Governors are proposed by the president of Cuba and elected by the delegates of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, for a term of five years. They are the highest executive power in each province. In order to serve as governor, they must have sole citizenship of Cuba, at least 30 years old, reside in the province which they are representing, and have "full enjoyment of their civil and political rights."
After being elected, governors and vice-governors have to take office in under 21 days.
Duties of the Governors Per the 2019 Constitution of Cuba, Article 179, the governor of each province has to correspond with these duties.
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To comply with, and ensure compliance with, the Constitution and the laws; To convene and preside over the meetings of the Provincial Council; To direct, coordinate, and monitor the labor of the organizing structures of the Provincial Administration and, within the area of his or her competence, to issue regulatory provisions and adopt the corresponding decisions; To call for and to monitor the implementation of the economic development plan as well as the implementation of the province's budget, in accordance with the policy agreed to by the competent national organs; To call for and to monitor the implementation of the territorial and urban development and organization plans; To designate and to substitute the leaders and functionaries of the provincial administration, and to submit for the ratification of the Provincial Council those cases that are prescribed by the law; To present to the Council of Ministers, with prior agreement of the Provincial Council, the policy proposals that contribute to the province's holistic development; To inform the Council of Ministers, with prior agreement of the Provincial Council, of those decisions of the superior organs that affect the interests of the community or are considered to have overstepped the authority of those that adopted them; To suspend the agreements and orders of the councils of the Municipal Administration that do not conform with the Constitution, the laws, decrees with the force of law, presidential decrees, and other acts of the organs of the State, or when they affect the interests of other localities or the general interests of the country, informing the respective Municipal Assembly of People's Power during the first session held after said suspension occurs; To revoke or to modify the decrees that are adopted by the administrative provincial authorities that answer to it that contravene the Constitution, the laws, and other orders that are in force, or those that affect the interests of other communities or the general interests of the country; To create temporary commissions or working groups; To arrange for the publication of the agreements of the Provincial Council that are of a general interest and to monitor their implementation, and The other duties that the Constitution or the laws assign to it. "
List of current governors ProvinceImageGovernorPartyArtemisaRicardo Concepción RodríguezPCCCamagüeyJorge Enrique Sutil SarabiaPCCCiego de ÁvilaAlfre Menéndez PérezPCCCienfuegosYolexis Rodríguez ArmadaPCCGranmaYanetsy Terry GutiérrezPCCGuantánamoAlis Azahares TorreblancaPCCHolguínManuel Francisco Hernández AguileraPCCLa HabanaYanet Hernández PérezPCCLas TunasYelenis Tornet MenéndezPCCMatanzasMarieta Poey ZamoraPCCMayabequeManuel Aguiar LamasPCCPinar del RíoEumelín González SánchezPCCSancti SpíritusAlexis Lorente JiménezPCCSantiago de CubaManuel Falcón HernándezPCCVilla ClaraMilaxy Yanet Sánchez ArmasPCC
List of current vice-governors ProvinceImageGovernorPartyArtemisaYamina Duarte DuartePCCCamagüeyYennis León MayedoPCCCiego de ÁvilaHiorvanys Espinosa PérezPCCCienfuegosRolando José Rajadel AlzuriPCCGranmaJosé Luis Vega PérezPCCGuantánamoCarlos Raúl Martínez TurroPCCHolguínYunia Pérez HernándezPCCLa HabanaJesús Otamendiz CamposPCCLas TunasJuana Yamilka Viñals SuárezPCCMatanzasLázaro Vicente Suárez NavarroPCCMayabeque María Dailis Guerra MoréPCCPinar del RíoNiurka RodríguezPCCSancti Spíritus Frank Osbel Cañizares RodríguezPCCSantiago de CubaWaldis González PeinadoPCCVilla ClaraNoel Cecilio Chinea PérezPCC
Governor elections
2020 elections The first governor and vice-governor elections took place 18 January 2020, and the elected officials took office 8 February 2020. All of the provinces were involved in the 2020 elections.
Election results were: +ProvinceGovernorPercentage of votePartyArtemisaRicardo Concepción Rodríguez99.10PCCCamagüeyYoseily Góngora López98.24PCCCiego de ÁvilaTomás Alexis Martín Venegas99.63PCCCienfuegosAlexandre Corona Quintero99.03PCCGranmaFrancisco Alexis Escribano Cruz95.69PCCGuantánamoEmilio Matos Mosqueda99.83PCCHolguínJulio César Estupiñán Rodríguez97.74PCCLa HabanaReinaldo García Zapata98.24PCCLas TunasJaime Ernesto Chiang Vega99.85PCCMatanzasMario Felipe Sabines Lorenzo98.00PCCMayabequeTamara Valido Benítez94.73PCCPinar del RíoRubén Ramos Moreno99.44PCCSancti SpíritusTeresita Romero Rodríguez95.00PCCSantiago de CubaBeatriz Johnson Urrutia99.58PCCVilla ClaraAlberto López Díaz98.78PCC ProvinceVice-GovernorPercentage of votePartyArtemisaYamina Duarte Duarte97.59PCCCamagüeyCarmen María Hernández Requejo97.65PCCCiego de ÁvilaAnia Rosa Francisco Malde97.25PCCCienfuegosYolexis Rodríguez Armada97.86PCCGranmaYanetsy Terry Gutiérrez99.68PCCGuantánamoAlis Azahares Torreblanca98.81PCCHolguínYunia Pérez Hernández95.81PCCLa HabanaYanet Hernández Pérez94.95PCCLas TunasYelenys Tornet Menéndez97.71PCCMatanzasMarieta Caridad Poey Zamora96.94PCCMayabequeManuel Aguiar Lamas93.67PCCPinar del RíoNiurka Rodríguez Hernández96.61PCCSancti SpíritusFrank Osbel Cañizares Rodríguez97.81PCCSantiago de CubaManuel Falcón Hernández95.76PCCVilla ClaraMilaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas98.47PCC
2023 elections The second governor and vice-governor elections took place 28 May 2023, and the inauguration of the officials would take place 4 June 2023. All of the provinces were involved in the 2023 elections.
Election results were: ProvinceGovernorPercentage of votePartyArtemisaRicardo Concepción Rodríguez95.56PCCCamagüeyJorge Enrique Sutil Sarabia99.28PCCCiego de ÁvilaAlfre Menéndez Pérez99.81PCCCienfuegosAlexandre Corona Quintero96.73PCCGranmaYanetsy Terry Gutiérrez99.58PCCGuantánamoAlis Azahares Torreblanca96.09PCCHolguínManuel Francisco Hernández98.94PCCLa HabanaYanet Hernández Pérez97.16PCCLas TunasJaime Ernesto Chiang Vega92.16PCCMatanzasMario Felipe Sabines Lorenzo95.57PCCMayabequeManuel Aguiar Lamas97.48PCCPinar del RíoEumelín González Sánchez98.37PCCSancti SpíritusAlexis Lorente Jiménez97.91PCCSantiago de CubaBeatriz Johnson Urrutia94.25PCCVilla ClaraAlberto López Díaz95.60PCC ProvinceVice-GovernorPercentage of votePartyArtemisaYamina Duarte Duarte97.14PCCCamagüeyYennis León Mayedo97.23PCCCiego de ÁvilaHiorvanys Espinosa Pérez98.11PCCCienfuegosYolexis Rodríguez Armada97.55PCCGranmaTeresa Luisa Pérez Trinchet97.15PCCGuantánamoCarlos Raúl Martínez Turro95.20PCCHolguínYunia Pérez Hernández94.79PCCLa HabanaJesús Otamendiz Campos93.35PCCLas TunasErnesto Luis Cruz Reyes96.71PCCMatanzasMarieta Caridad Poey Zamora96.26PCCMayabequeMaría Dailis Guerra Moré97.90PCCPinar del RíoNiurka Rodríguez Hernández96.74PCCSancti SpíritusFrank Osbel Cañizares Rodríguez96.94PCCSantiago de CubaManuel Falcón Hernández96.09PCCVilla ClaraMilaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas99.14PCC
2024 elections The 2024 governor elections mostly took place on 4 May, 2024, and were inaugurated 21 May 2024, while the elections of Las Tunas Province, took place on 8 December 2024. Only the provinces of Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and Villa Clara were involved in this serie of elections.
Election results were: ProvinceGovernorPercentage of votePartyDateCienfuegosYolexis Rodríguez Armada92.42PCC4 May 2024Las TunasYelenis Tornet Menéndez98.58PCC8 December 2024MatanzasMarieta Poey Zamora95.78PCC4 May 2024Santiago de CubaManuel Falcón Hernández95.09PCC4 May 2024Villa ClaraMilaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas98.10PCC4 May 2024 ProvinceVice-GovernorPercentage of votePartyCienfuegosRolando José Rajadel Alzuri94.95PCC4 May 2024Las TunasJuana Yamilka Viñals Suárez97.48PCC8 December 2024MatanzasLázaro Vicente Suárez Navarro93.88PCC4 May 2024Santiago de CubaWaldis González Peinado96.04PCC4 May 2024Villa ClaraNoel Cecilio Chinea Pérez95.14PCC4 May 2024
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