2019 in Cuba
Events in the year 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
- * 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