Executive & Council of Ministers — Cuban power figures (2026)

People in this cohort

• Fidel Castro — Former Prime Minister and President of Cuba (deceased)

  Fidel Castro led Cuba from the 1959 Revolution until 2008, shaping the country's one-party socialist system, its alliance with the Soviet Union, and its confrontation with the United States.

• Raúl Castro — Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba · sanctioned by OFAC

  Raúl Castro led Cuba as President (2008-2018) and PCC First Secretary (2011-2021), succeeding his brother Fidel and overseeing the Obama-era thaw and economic reforms.

• Manuel Marrero Cruz — Prime Minister of Cuba

  Manuel Marrero Cruz has served as Cuba's Prime Minister since December 2019 — the first to hold the post since it was abolished in 1976.

• Miguel Díaz-Canel — President of Cuba and First Secretary of the Communist Party · sanctioned by OFAC

  Miguel Díaz-Canel is the President of Cuba (since 2018) and First Secretary of the Communist Party (since 2021), the first non-Castro to hold either office.

• Alejandro Gil Fernández — Former Minister of Economy and Planning

  Alejandro Gil Fernández served as Cuba's Minister of Economy and Planning and was removed from office amid corruption allegations.

• Esteban Lazo Hernández — President of the National Assembly of People's Power

  Esteban Lazo Hernández is the President of Cuba's National Assembly (ANPP) and one of the longest-serving members of the PCC Politburo.

• Ana Teresa Igarza — Director General, Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM)

  Ana Teresa Igarza leads the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), Cuba's flagship foreign-investment enclave west of Havana.

• Salvador Valdés Mesa — Vice President of Cuba

  Salvador Valdés Mesa has been Vice President of Cuba since 2018 and is one of the most senior Afro-Cuban figures in the Communist Party leadership.

• Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX)

  Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has served as Cuba's Foreign Minister since 2009 — the longest-serving member of the current cabinet and Havana's lead voice at the UN.

• Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz — Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Debt Negotiator

  Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz is Cuba's chief external-debt negotiator and a Deputy Prime Minister with a decades-long portfolio over the island's foreign financial obligations.

• Joaquín Alonso Vázquez — President, Banco Central de Cuba

  Joaquín Alonso Vázquez leads the Central Bank of Cuba, the institution responsible for monetary policy, exchange rates, and banking regulation on the island.

Other cohorts

• Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) — The Politburo, Central Committee and Secretariat of the Partido Comunista de Cuba — Cuba's only legal party and, under Article 5 of the Constitution, the leading force of the state. Power flows through the PCC distinct from the cabinet.
• Military & Interior (FAR / MININT) — Senior leadership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR / MINFAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) — the security and intelligence apparatus that shapes every diligence question on a Cuban counterparty.
• Judiciary & prosecution — The Attorney General (Fiscal General de la República), the People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular) and the National Electoral Council — the legal machinery of the Cuban state.
• Opposition, dissident & exile — Cuban opposition leaders, civic-society organisers and exile figures — the voices outside the PCC. Includes those currently inside Cuba, those in the diaspora, and those moving between the two.

Useful tools and explainers

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• Sanctioned Cuban government & PCC officials
• Sanctioned Cuban military, intelligence & security officials
• OFAC Cuba sanctions checker (search any name)