Raul Castro Re-elected Cuban President 2013.02.24 - 17:20:12 / [email protected]
[image: The National Assembly of Peoples Power (Cuban Parliament) ratified Raul Castro as President of the Council of State. Photo: Ismael Francisco.] HAVANA, Cuba.- The National Assembly of Peoples Power (Cuban Parliament) ratified Raul Castro as President of the Council of State and elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as First Vice-President. The 605 deputies at the session, which set up the new parliament on Sunday, elected all 31 members of the Council of State, which represents the Parliament and implements its accords in the periods between its two annual sessions. Miguel Diaz-Canel is a 52-year-old electronic engineer. He is member of the Political Bureau of Cubas Communist Party and he was the first Party secretary in the provinces of Villa Clara and Holguin. He was also minister of Higher Education and vice-president of the Council of Ministers. Other vice-presidents of the Council of State elected in the session were Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second Communist Party secretary; Gladys Bejerano, general comptroller; Ramiro Valdes, vice-president of the Council of Ministers; Lazara Mercedes Lopez, first Communist Party secretary in Havana, and Salvador Valdes, general secretary of the Cuban Workers Confederation. Homero Acosta was ratified as secretary of the Council of State. Following the setting up of the new parliament at Havanas Conventions Palace, the deputies elected Esteban Lazo as president of the legislative body for its 8th Legislature and ratified Ana Maria Mari as vice-president, and Miriam Brito as secretary. (ACN) New Cuban Parliament Officially Set up 2013.02.24 - 12:12:49 / [email protected] [image: Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro are attending the solemn session, underway at Havanas Convention Center, which will set up the new National Assembly of Peoples Power. Photo: Marcelino Vázquez.] HAVANA, Cuba.- Cubas National Assembly of Peoples Power was officially set up for its eight legislature. The solemn session is being attended by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro. Following the assumption of their seats, the deputies took their oath, which was read by the Young lawmaker Liset Conde. The Cuban deputies will elect will elect the new assembly president, vice-president and secretary. They will also elect the Council of state of the republic. (ACN) Esteban Lazo, New President of the Cuban Parliament 2013.02.24 - 13:12:42 / [email protected] [image: Following the setting up of the new National Assembly of Peoples Power, Cuban deputies elected Esteban Lazo Hernandez as new Parliament president for the next five-year-term Eight Legislature.] HAVANA, Cuba.- Following the setting up of the new National Assembly of Peoples Power, Cuban deputies elected Esteban Lazo Hernandez as new Parliament president for the next five-year-term Eight Legislature. Through direct and secret vote, the 606 deputies participating in the parliamentary session, including Revolution leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro, ratified Ana Maria Mari Machado as Parliament vice-president, and Miriam Brito as secretary of the legislative body. Esteban Lazo is member of the Politbureau of Cubas Communist Party and he has been first Communist Party secretary in the provinces of Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba and Havana over the past years. In presenting the candidature project of the assemblys presidency, Amarilys Perez who heads the National Candidature Commission, said that all legislators were consulted and that the new Parliament legislature has the challenge of implementing of the social and political guidelines adopted by the latest Congress of the Cuban Communist Party. (ACN) Deputies Elect New First Vice President of the Cuban Government 2013.02.24 - 17:27:59 / [email protected] [image: Cuban Parliament elected Miguel Diaz-Canel las first vice-president of the Cuban Council of Ministers.] HAVANA, Cuba.- The Cuban Parliament elected Miguel Diaz-Canel las first vice-president of the Cuban Council of Ministers on the proposal of President Raul Castro Ruz. Diaz-Canel had previously been elected first vice-president of the Council of State. Miguel Diaz-Canel is a 52-year-old electronic engineer. He is member of the Political Bureau of Cubas Communist Party and he was the first Party secretary in the provinces of Villa Clara and Holguin. He was also minister of Higher Education and vice-president of the Council of Ministers. 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