7th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba

The 7th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) was elected in 2016 by the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 7th Party Congress.

Officers

Title	Name	Birth	Gender
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba	Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz	1931	Male
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba	José Ramón Machado Ventura	1930	Male

Members

Rank	Name	6th SEC	8th SEC	Birth	Gender
1	José Ramón Machado Ventura	Old	Not	1930	Male
2	Abelardo Álvarez Gil	Old	Not	1945	Male
3	José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera	Old	Retired	1932	Male
4	Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias	Old	Retired	1962	Female
5	Jorge Cuevas Ramos	Old	Retired	1962	Male
6	Omar Fernando Ruiz Martín	Old	Retired	1963	Male
References: ^[1]^[2]

Changes

Name	Change	Date	8th SEC	Birth	Gender
Víctor Fidel Gaute López	Elected	27 March 2018	Not	1960	Male
Lázara Mercedes López Acea	Elected	28 June 2018	Not	1964	Female
José Ramón Monteagudo Ruiz	Elected	3 July 2018	Reelected	19??	Male

References

Specific

^ "Cuban Communist Party's Political Bureau". The Caribbean Council. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "Nuevo Buró Político, Secretariado y miembros del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [New members of the Political Bureau, Secretariat and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba announced]. Granma. Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021 – via Granma.

Bibliography

Articles and journals:

Kapcia, Antoni (1992). "The fourth congress of the Cuban Communist Party: Time for a change?". Journal of Communist Studies. 8 (1). University of California Press: 180–7. doi:10.1080/13523279208415136.

Communist Party of Cuba

Central Committee

First Secretaries	Fidel Castro (1961–2011) Raúl Castro (2011–2021) Miguel Díaz-Canel (2021–present)
Second Secretaries	Raúl Castro (1961–2011) José Ramón Machado Ventura (2011–2021)
Decision-making bodies	Politburo Secretariat
Departments	Agri-food Department Economic Department Education, Sports and Science Department Ideological Department Industry, Construction, Tourism, Transportation and Services Department Organization and Cadre Policy Department
Publications	Granma

Congress

1st (1975)
2nd (1980)
3rd (1986)
4th (1991)
5th (1997)
6th (2011)
7th (2016)
8th (2021)

Leadership sittings

Politburo	Provisional (1965) 1st (1975) 2nd (1980) 3rd (1986) 4th (1991) 5th (1997) 6th (2011) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Secretariat	Provisional (1965) 1st (1975) 2nd (1980) 3rd (1986) 5th (2006) 6th (2011) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)
Central Committee	Provisional (1965) 1st (1975) 2nd (1980) 3rd (1986) 4th (1991) 5th (1997) 6th (2011) 7th (2016) 8th (2021)