2019 in Cuba

Incumbents

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro
• * Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: José Ramón Machado Ventura
• President: Miguel Díaz-Canel
• * [Vice President of Cuba|President of Cuba|First Vice President]: Salvador Valdés Mesa
• Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz

Events

January

• January 2 - The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in the capital of Havana.
• January 27 - A rare EF4 tornado makes landfall in Havana, killing at least three and causing severe damage.

February

• February 24 - The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum took place.

March

• March 24–27 - President Díaz-Canel hosted the Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to the capital as the first members of the British royal family to visit the island.

April

• April 10 - The new Constitution of Cuba came into force.

December

• December 21 - Manuel Marrero Cruz assumes office as the 19th Prime Minister of Cuba, becoming the first person to hold the office after the post was reestablished by the 2019 Constitution.

Deaths

• January 6 – José Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Council of Ministers
• January 14 – Bernardo Benes, Jewish civic leader
• February 20 – Chelo Alonso, actress
• July 20 – Roberto Fernández Retamar, poet
• July 26 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, cardinal
• April 21 – Amelia Vargas, actress and dancer
• August 26 – Isabel Toledo, Cuban-American fashion designer
• September 9 – Dulce García, Olympic javelin thrower
• October 17 – Alicia Alonso, ballerina
• November 20 – Bertha Díaz, Olympic sprinter
• December 5 – Faure Chomón, politician
• December 29 – Harry Villegas, communist revolutionary