Rubén Remigio Ferro
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Dr. Rubén Remigio Ferro (born 1960) is the first
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president ( chief justice) of the People's Supreme Court of
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. Dr. Ferro was a judge and lawyer in the province of
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, and a provincial judge in the 1980-1990s. He has been a ''diputado'' to the
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since 1998, representing the municipality of
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. He was active in the Union of Communist Youth (UJC) and the Federation of University Students (FEU). In 1997, he was appointed Vice President of the People's Supreme Court and in 1998 was promoted to president.https://www.tsp.gob.cu/sites/default/files/libro/documento/7-sistema_judicial_cubano2017.pdf


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