Abelardo Colomé Ibarra

Corps General Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (born 13 September 1939 in Oriente Province, Cuba) was a Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba and the Cuban Minister of the Interior, serving in the latter position from 1989, until his retirement in October, 2015. Known as Furry he first laid the foundations of State Security in 1959.

He is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. He bears the title Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and holds the Order of Máximo Gómez in recognition of, in Fidel Castro's own words, "his extraordinary merits in the insurrectional struggle against the tyranny and the imperialist neocolonial domination, the struggle for the consolidation and defense of the socialist state, and the accomplishment of heroic internationalist missions."

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Political offices
Preceded by
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Minister of the Interior
(1989–2015)
Succeeded by
Carlos Fernández Gondín


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