Manuel Marrero Cruz

Manuel Marrero Cruz (born 11 July 1963), also known as Manuel Marrero, is a Cuban politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Cuba, and the first since Cuba resurrected the office of the Prime Minister in December 2019 after the 43-year abolishment of the position from 1976 to 2019. The last Prime Minister before the abolishment in 1976 was Fidel Castro.

Marrero is the first person to hold the position of Prime Minister of Cuba in 43 years. A member of the Communist Party of Cuba, he served as the country's long-time Minister of Tourism from 2004 until his appointment to the office of Prime Minister in 2019. During his tenure as tourism minister, Cuban tourism witnessed massive resillience.

Marrero had previously been an architect and worked in Gaviota, the tourism arm of the Cuban military, where he also held the rank of colonel.

Appointment

Following the 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum, the office of Prime Minister of Cuba was reinstated for the first time since Fidel Castro occupied it in 1976. President Miguel Díaz-Canel formally nominated Marrero to serve as Prime Minister, and his nomination as PM was unanimously ratified by 594 deputies of the National Assembly.

The term limit for prime ministers under the new Cuban constitution is five years.