Marta Hernández Romero, born in

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, was the mayor of

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, she was elected on 5 March 2011. She is the President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly of the City of Havana (mayor), ''diputada'' to the National Assembly, and a member of the

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in the VI Legislature. 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. She holds a

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, began her career teaching elementary school and reached the position of provincial Director of Education, first in her native

and then, since 2003, in Havana. Hernandez replaces Juan Contino Aslan, who left office in February 2011. She left office in January 2020 and was replaced by Reinaldo García Zapata.

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Official National Assembly website
Living people 1958 births People from Santiago de Cuba Mayors of places in Cuba Communist Party of Cuba politicians Members of the National Assembly of People's Power Women mayors {{Cuba-mayor-stub