List of Presidents of Cuba

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This page contains a list of presidents of Cuba. Before 1902 see Colonial heads of Cuba.

1 Presidents of Cuba, 1902-1976
- 1.1 President of the Republic of Cuba (Under the 1901, 1934 and 1935 Constitution rule)
- 1.2 President of the Republic of Cuba (Under the 1940 Constitution rule)
2 President of the Council of State, 1976-present
- 2.1 President of the Council of State (Under the 1976 Constitution rule)
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Presidents of Cuba, 1902-1976

#	Name	Term	Political party	Note
[edit] President of the Republic of Cuba (Under the 1901, 1934 and 1935 Constitution rule)
1	Tomás Estrada Palma	20 May 1902 - 28 September 1906	Moderate Party
	William Howard Taft	29 September - 13 October 1906		Governors appointed by the U.S. government
	Charles Magoon	13 October 1906 - 28 January 1909		Governors appointed by the U.S. government
2	José Miguel Gómez	28 January 1909 - 20 May 1913	Liberal Party
3	Mario García Menocal	20 May 1913 - 20 May 1921	Conservative Party
4	Alfredo Zayas	20 May 1921 - 20 May 1925	Cuban Popular Party-National League
5	Gerardo Machado	20 May 1925 - 24 August 1933	Liberal Party	left Cuba on 12 August 1933
	Alberto Herrera y Franchi	12 August 1925 - 13 August 1933	Military	provisional (acting for Machado)
6	Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Quesada	13 August 1933 - 5 September 1933	A.B.C. Revolutionary Society	acting for Machado to 24 Aug 1933
	Ramón Grau San Martín	5 September 1933 - 10 September 1933	Cuban Revolutionary Party	Executive Commission of the Provisional Government
	Guillermo Portela y Möller	5 September 1933 - 10 September 1933	Liberal Party	Executive Commission of the Provisional Government
	José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio	5 September 1933 - 10 September 1933	Conservative Party	Executive Commission of the Provisional Government
	Sergio Carbó y Morera	5 September 1933 - 10 September 1933	Cuban Popular Party-National League	Executive Commission of the Provisional Government
	Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa	5 September 1933 - 10 September 1933	Liberal Party	Executive Commission of the Provisional Government
7	Ramón Grau San Martín (1st time)	10 September 1933 - 15 January 1934	Cuban Revolutionary Party
8	Carlos Hevia	15 - 18 January 1934	Cuban Revolutionary Party	provisional
9	Manuel Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola	18 January 1934 (hours)	N/a	acting
10	Carlos Mendieta	18 January 1934 - 11 December 1935	National Union	provisional
11	José Agripino Barnet	11 December 1935 - 20 May 1936	National Union	acting to 13 Dec 1935, provisional from 13 Dec 1935
12	Miguel Mariano Gómez	20 May - 24 December 1936	National Union
13	Federico Laredo Brú	24 December 1936 - 10 October 1940	National Union

#	Name	Term	Political party	Prime Minister	Term	Political party
[edit] President of the Republic of Cuba (Under the 1940 Constitution rule)
1	Fulgencio Batista (1st time)	10 October 1940 - 10 October 1944	CSD	Carlos Saladrigas y Zayas	10 October 1940 - 16 August 1942	CSD
				Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling	16 August 1942 - 16 March 1944	CSD
2	Ramón Grau San Martín	10 October 1944 - 10 October 1948	PRC-A	Anselmo Alliegro y Milá	16 March 1944 - 10 October 1944	CSD
				Félix Lancís Sánchez	10 October 1944 - 13 October 1945	PRC-A
				Carlos Prío Socarrás	13 October 1945 - 1 May 1947	PRC-A
				Raúl López del Castillo	1 May 1947 - 10 October 1948	PRC-A
3	Carlos Prío Socarrás	10 October 1948 - 10 March 1952	PRC-A	Manuel Antonio de Varona y Loredo	10 October 1948 - 6 October 1950	PRC-A
				Félix Lancís Sánchez	6 October 1950 - 1 October 1951	PRC-A
				Óscar B. Gans y López Martínez	1 October 1951 - 10 March 1952	PAU
4	Fulgencio Batista (2nd time)¹	10 March 1952 - 1 January 1959	Military/PAU/PAP	Fulgencio Batista	10 March 1952 - 4 April 1952	Military
	Andrés Domingo Morales y del Castillo (acting for Batista)	14 August 1954 - 24 February 1955	N/a
				Jorge García Montes	24 February 1955 - 26 March 1957	PAP
				Andrés Rivero Agüero	26 March 1957 - 6 March 1958	PAP
				Emilio Núñez Portuondo	6 March 1958 - 12 March 1958	PAP
				Gonzalo Güell y Morales de los Ríos	12 March 1958 - 1 January 1959	PAP
5	Anselmo Alliegro (acting)	1 - 2 January 1959	PP
6	Carlos Manuel Piedra (interim)	2 January 1959 (hours)	Non
7	Manuel Urrutia Lleó	3 January - 17 July 1959	Non	José Miró Cardona	5 January 1959 – 13 February 1959	Non
				Fidel Castro	16 February 1959 - 2 December 1976	MR-26-7/ORI/PUSC/PCC
8	Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado	18 July 1959 - 2 December 1976	ORI/PUSC/PCC

¹ Chief of State to 4 April 1952; provisional to 24 February 1955.

Official name of political parties in Spanish (English)

CSD:
M-26-7: Movimiento 26 Julio (Revolutionary Movement of July 26th)
ORI: Organizaciones Revolucionarias Integradas (Integrated Revolutionary Organizations)
PAP: Partido Acción Progresista (Progressive Action Party)
PAU: Partido Acción Unitaria (United Action Party)
PCC: Partido Comunista de Cuba (Communist Party of Cuba)
PP: Partido Progresista (Progressive Party)
PRC-A: Partido Revolucionaro Cubano-Auténtico (Cuban Revolutionary Party-Authentic)
PUSC: Partido Unido Socialista de Cuba (United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution)

[edit] President of the Council of State, 1976-present

#	Name	Term	Prime Minister	Term	Political party
[edit] President of the Council of State (Under the 1976 Constitution rule)
1	Fidel Castro Ruz	3 December 1976–Today	Fidel Castro	3 December 1976–Today	Communist Party of Cuba