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In Cuba, the new Constitution approved by referendum last February now wants a Prime Minister to govern alongside the president. This post, which has not existed since 1976, belongs to a Cuban political and military figure, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
With our correspondent in Havana, Domitille Piron
In Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel appointed Manuel Marrero Cruz, on December 21, to become his right-hand man, his Prime Minister, for the next five years: “ Comrade Marrero held the office of Minister of Tourism for almost 16 years, when Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro appointed him to this post , he recalled. 56 year old MP Marrero is an architect by profession »
A party follower
Marrero also chaired the Gaviota group from 2000, the powerful military company managing the Cuban tourism sector, a key sector for the country's economy. His loyalty to the party was underlined by the president and is therefore today rewarded. A change in continuity is therefore taking place here in Cuba.
Political commentators expected the designation of a woman, a mixed race or a mixed race, but a white, bearded man and an army general was chosen.
A 76-year-old retiree, Mercedes Vega Perez, also very loyal to the Revolution, is delighted: “ he is taking the same path as our commander and we are with our government, at least me. So long live our revolution and our commander-in-chief! She writes.
►Also listen: The new post of Prime Minister in Cuba "has no importance"
But many are also Cubans who do not wish to speak on the microphone about this appointment of a new Prime Minister. A post whose contours are not yet specified, but which effectively separates the powers in the hands of President Miguel Díaz-Canel , successor to Raul Castro, still at the head of the Party.