Salvador Valdés Mesa
Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of Cuba | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
| President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Rafael Guas Inclán (1959) |
| First Vice President of the Council of State | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 10 October 2019 | |
| President | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Vice President of the Council of State | |
| In office 24 February 2013 – 19 April 2018 Serving with Gladys María Bejerano Portela, Mercedes López Acea, José Ramón Machado Ventura and Ramiro Valdés | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Esteban Lazo Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Beatriz Jonson Urrutia |
| Minister of Labor and Social Security | |
| In office 2 March 1995 – 28 December 1999 | |
| President | Fidel Castro |
| Preceded by | Francisco Linares Calvo |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Morales Cartaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1945 |
| Party | 26th of July Movement (1961–1965) Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present) |
| Spouse | Julia Piloto Saborit |
Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ anˈtonjo βalˈdes ˈmesa]; born 13 June 1945) is a Cuban politician and former trade union leader. He has been the Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba. He was elected to succeed Miguel Díaz-Canel as First Vice President of Cuba on 19 April 2018.