Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (; born 13 June 1945) is a Cuban politicianDamien Cave

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'', 24 February 2013 and former trade union leader. He has been 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

Miguel Díaz-Canel Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (; born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician and engineer. He has served as the 8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021 and as the 17th president o ...

as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.

Biography

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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 Workers' Central Union of Cuba 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 Santa Cruz del Sur, then

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

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