Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named tourism minister Manuel Marr...
HAVANA - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in decades, under a new constitution that seeks to decentralize former leader Fidel Castro’s job.
Manuel Marrero Cruz, 56, an architect and whose nomination was ratified by the National Assembly, is a former functionary of the military-run Gaviota tourism corporation whose hotels have been sanctioned by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Unlike many other countries where prime ministers often play central, political roles, the post involves day-to-day supervision of the Council of Ministers and the implementation of policy.
William LeoGrande, a professor of government and Cuba expert at American University in Washington said the post was different than in a multiparty system.Castro was prime minister until 1976 when the post was abolished. The iconic revolutionary became head of the Communist Party and president of the Council of State and Council of Ministers.
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