Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
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| Vice President of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
| President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Rafael Guas Inclán (1959) |
| First Vice President of the Council of State | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019 | |
| President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Vice President of the Council of State | |
| In office 24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018 Serving with Gladys María Bejerano Portela, Mercedes López Acea,José Ramón Machado Ventura andRamiro Valdés | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Esteban Lazo Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Beatriz Jonson Urrutia |
| Minister of Labor and Social Security | |
| In office 2 March 1995 – 28 December 1999 | |
| President | Fidel Castro |
| Preceded by | Francisco Linares Calvo |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Morales Cartaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1945-06-13)13 June 1945 (age 79) Amancio Rodríguez,Cuba |
| Political party | 26th of July Movement (1961–1965) Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present) |
| Spouse | Julia Piloto Saborit |
Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (Spanish:[salβaˈðoɾanˈtonjoβalˈdesˈmesa]; born 13 June 1945) is aCuban politician[1][2] and former trade union leader. He has been theFirst Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the Political Bureau of theCommunist Party of Cuba.[3] He was elected to succeedMiguel Díaz-Canel as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.[1][4]
Salvador Valdés was part of the Association of Young Rebels since 1961, after the triumph of theCuban Revolution. He was a leader of theWorkers' Central Union of Cuba and the Communist Party of Cuba. He served asMinister of Labor and Social Security between 1995 and 1999, when he was elected first secretary of the PCC in the province ofCamagüey. He has been a deputy of theNational Assembly of People's Power since 1993, he is a member of thePolitical Council of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of theCouncil of State (first forSanta Cruz del Sur, thenGüines starting in the 9th legislature) where he holds one of the five Vice Presidencies.[5][6]
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| Preceded by | First Vice President of Cuba 2018-present | Incumbent |