On Saturday, the National Assembly in Cuba chose Manuel Marrero to serve as prime minister, which was abolished in 1976, according to official media.
Manuel Marrero, 56, with a degree in Civil Engineering, has been Minister of Tourism since 2004.
"This proposal was approved by the Communist Party's political bureau," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Cantle announced, when proposing the name Marrero to members of the association.
The National Assembly meets in two regular sessions annually, Friday and Saturday to make some of the changes that were included in the constitutional amendment adopted in April, including the return of the post of prime minister.
The newspaper "Granma", speaking for the Communist Party, the only party allowed to operate in Cuba, stated that "the stipulation (is) that the head of state has broad authority and that a prime minister assists him in carrying out government duties."
Since the arrival of Miguel Diaz-Canel to power a year and eight months ago, most cabinet portfolios have been redistributed again, in a sign of generational change.
The former Prime Minister who took office from the revolution in 1956 until 1976, Fidel Castro himself.