Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya (born November 20, 1960) is a

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n politician and academic. She served as Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment for 11 years until being replaced by Eduardo Martínez in February 2024.

Life

Pérez Montoya was born in 1960. She began her career in academia, working as a professor, senior professor, vice dean of research and eventually head of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oriente in

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. She also held the role of professional secretary general of the University Party Committee. Pérez Montoya is a member of the

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and served as a representative in the

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for

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. She became the Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment in 2012. In 2018 she was re-elected as a Deputy to Cuba's

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at Havana's Convention Center. In 2019 the Cuban Prime Minister,

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, ratified Minister Pérez Montoya as a member of his council of ministers.

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