Rubén Martínez Puente (1941/2 – 24 July 2021) was a Cuban military officer and politician. He served as the Chief of the

Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force The Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force () commonly abbreviated to DAAFAR in both Spanish and English, is the air force of Cuba. History Background The Cuban Army Air Force was the air force of Cuba that existed prior to 1959. The a ...

from 1998 to 2005 and politician who served in the

National Assembly of People's Power The National Assembly of People's Power () is the supreme organ of power of the Republic of Cuba. It is the only branch of government in the state, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs are subservient to it. It is currently ...

from 2013 to 2018 as a member of the

Communist Party of Cuba The Communist Party of Cuba (, PCC) is the sole ruling party of Cuba. It was founded on 3 October 1965 as the successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popu ...

. Puente died from COVID-19 in 2021 aged 79, during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba The COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Cuba on 11 March 2020 when three It ...

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