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The People's Supreme Court ''(Tribunal Supremo Popular)'' is the highest body of judicial power in
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...
. It is elected by, and accountable to, the
National Assembly of People's Power The National Assembly of People's Power ( es, Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) is the unicameral parliament of the Republic of Cuba. It is currently composed of 605 representatives who are elected from multi-member electoral districts for ...
. The judiciary are independent from the executive branch, as all judges on every level are elected by the National Assembly; the provincial judges by provincial assemblies and the municipal judges by municipal assemblies. The current court dates to 1973 and replaced the earlier Supreme Court of Cuba c. 1898.


Composition of Court

The People's Supreme Court is composed of a chief justice and president with his/her vice president and all professional and lay judges and is structured as follows: criminal, civil, administrative, labor, crimes-against-the-state, economic and military courts.


Presidents of the Supreme Court

* Antonio Ysidoro González de Mendoza Bonilla, 4.5.1899 – 25.9.1900 * Rafael Félix De la Cruz Pérez, 25.9.1900 – 27.4.1904 * Juan Bautista Hernández Barreyro, 5.9.1904 – 12.12.1913 * José Antonio Pichardo Márquez, 17.12.1913 – 9.6.1917 * José Antolín del Cueto Pazos, 9.6.1917 – 17.6.1921 * Ángel Cirilo Betancourt Miranda, 21.6.1921 – 9.3.1925 * Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Quirós, 7.5.1925 – 6.4.1932 *
José Gregorio Vivanco Hernández José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
, 7.4.1932 – 19.8.1933 *
Juan Federico Edelmann Rovira ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
, 19.8.1933 – 5.4.1952 *
Gabriel Emilio Pichardo Moya In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...
, 18.4.1952 – 27.7.1956 *
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, 28.9.1956 – 13.1.1959 *
Emilio Florencio Menéndez Menéndez Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...
, 14.1.1959 – 21.12.1960 *
Enrique Armando Hart Ramírez Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ( ...
, 2.2.1961 – 30.6.1980 *
José Raúl Amaro Salup José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
, 1.7.1980 – 30.11.1998 *
Rubén Remigio Ferro Dr. Rubén Remigio Ferro (born 1960) is the first Afro-Cuban president ( chief justice) of the People's Supreme Court of Cuba. Dr. Ferro was a judge and lawyer in the province of Pinar del Río, and a provincial judge in the 1980-1990s. He has ...
, 23.12.1998 – Source:https://www.tsp.gob.cu/sites/default/files/libro/documento/7-sistema_judicial_cubano2017.pdf


See also

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Cuban law The substantive and procedural laws of Cuba were later based on the Spanish Civil laws and were influenced by the principles of Marxism-Leninism after that philosophy became the guiding force of government. The most recent Constitution of Cub ...


References


External Links


Tribunal Supremo Popular
Judiciary of Cuba {{Cuba-stub