Council of Ministers of Cuba

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The Council of Ministers is the highest ranking executive and administrative body and constitutes the government of the Republic of Cuba. Its membership consists of the President of the Council of ministers (sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister of Cuba),^[1] the Secretary, the First Vice President, and the five Vice Presidents of the Council of State, the heads of the national ministries, and such other members as established by law.

In addition to this largish body, there is a smaller body, the Executive Committee, consisting of the President, the First Vice President, the five Vice Presidents, and such of the Ministers as chosen by the President to be on the Executive Committee. As of 2005, the ministers of: Economy and Planning, Finances and Prices, Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation, Labor and Social Security, Metallurgy and Electronics Industry, Science, Technology, and the Environment and Tourism were on the Executive Committee.

1 Overview
2 Lists of members of the Council of Ministers
3 See also
4 Footnotes

[edit] Overview

The Council of Ministers is responsible for the implementation of policy agreements authorized by the National Assembly of People’s Power. These are designated to individual ministries. The council also proposes general plans for economic and social development, which are in turn authorized by the National Assembly twice yearly.

The Council of Ministers also directs Cuba's foreign policy and its relations with other governments; approves international treaties before passing them over for ratification of the Council of State; directs and oversees foreign trade and the State budget. The Council of Ministers enforces laws authorized by the National Assembly, which are passed by the Council of State.

[edit] Lists of members of the Council of Ministers

per the Cuban government website [1]

[edit] President of the Council of ministers (Prime minister)

Fidel Castro

[edit] First Vice President of the Council of Ministers

Raúl Castro

[edit] Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Osmani Cienfuegos Gorriaran
Jose Ramon Fernandez Alvarez
Pedro Miret Prieto
Otto Rivero Torres
Jose Luis Rodiguez Garcia

[edit] Executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers

Carlos Lage Dávila

Ministry	Minister
Economy and Planning	José Luis Rodríguez García
Interior	Abelardo Colomé Ibarra
Foreign Affairs	Felipe Pérez Roque
Justice	Roberto T. Díaz Sotolongo
Armed Forces	Raúl Castro
Public Health	Jose Ramón Balaguer Cabrera
Work and Social Security	Alfredo Morales Cartaya
Agriculture	Alfredo Jordán Morales
Education	Luis Ignacio Gómez Gutiérrez
Culture	Abel E. Prieto Jiménez
Higher Education	Juan Vela Valdés
Central Bank of Cuba	Francisco Soberón Valdés
Science, Technology and the Environment	Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín
Information Science and Communications	Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Domestic Trade	Marino Alberto Murillo Jorge
Foreign Trade	Raúl de la Nuez Ramírez
Sugar Industry	Ulises Rosales del Toro
Finances and Prices	Georgina Barreiro Fajardo
Construction	Fidel Fernando Figueroa de la Paz
Basic Industry	Yadira Garcia Vera
Light Industry	José Silvano Hernández Bernárdez
Auditing & Control	Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela
Fishing Industry	Alfredo López Valdés
Food	Alejandro Roca Iglesias
Tourism	Manuel Marrero Cruz
Iron, Steel and Engineering Industry	Fernando Acosta Santana
Transportation	Carlos Manuel Pazo Torrado
Without Portfolio	Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz
Attorney General	Juan Escalona Reguera
President of the Cuban Civil Aviation Institute	Rogelio Acevedo González
President of the Cuban Radio and Television Institute	Ernesto López Domínguez
President of the National Institute of Sports	Julio Christian Jiménez Molina
President of the National Hydraulic Resources Institute	Jorge Luis Aspiolea Roig
Permanent Representative to the UN	Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz