Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (born 13 June 1945) is a

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'', 24 February 2013 and former trade union leader. He is the First Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the Political Bureau of the

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. He was elected to succeed

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as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.

Biography

Salvador Valdés was part of the Association of Young Rebels since 1961, after the triumph of the

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. He was a leader of the

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and the Communist Party of Cuba. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Security between 1995 and 1999, when he was elected first secretary of the PCC in the province of

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. He has been a deputy of the

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since 1993, he is a member of the Political Council of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of the

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(first for

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, then

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starting in the 9th legislature) where he holds one of the five Vice Presidencies.

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Biography by CIDOB
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes Mesa, Salvador 1945 births Cuban people of African descent Living people Cuban politicians Cuban communists Communist Party of Cuba politicians Vice presidents of Cuba