Marta Hernández Romero, born in Santiago de Cuba,[1] is the current city mayor of Havana, Cuba, elected on March 5, 2011.[1] She is the President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly of the City of Havana (mayor),[2] diputada to the National Assembly, and a member of the Council of State in the VI Legislature.[1] Soon before being elected as the mayor of the city, she was elected as a delegate to the VI Communist Party Congress and frontrunner to be a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party.[1]
She holds a Master of Education, began her career teaching elementary school and reached the position of provincial Director of Education, first in her native Santiago de Cuba and then, since 2003, in Havana.[1]
Hernandez replaces Juan Contino Aslan, "liberated" (discharged) from office in February, 2011.[3]