Chief of the General Staff (Cuba)
| Chief of the General Staff | |
|---|---|
| Jefe del Estado Mayor General de las Fuerzas Armadas de Cuba (Spanish) | |
Flag of the Chief of the General Staff | |
since 19 April 2021 | |
| Type | Chief of staff |
| Reports to | President of Cuba Minister of Defense |
| Seat | MINFAR |
| Appointer | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba President of Cuba |
| Formation | 19 April 1972 |
| Deputy | First Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
The Chief of the General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces is the head of the General Staff and the highest-ranking officer of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces or is also the senior-most uniformed military officer. He is appointed by the President of Cuba, who is the Commander-in-Chief. He also serves as First Deputy Minister of the MINFAR. The current Chief of the General Staff is Lieutenant Gen. Roberto Legrá Sotolongo.
List
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Major general Senén Casas Regueiro (1934–1996) |
19 April 1972 | April 1982 | 9 years, 11 months | [1] | ||
| Major general Ulises Rosales del Toro (born 1942) |
April 1982 | 11 October 1997 | 15 years, 6 months | [2] | ||
| Corps general Álvaro López Miera (born 1943) |
11 October 1997 | 15 April 2021 | 23 years, 6 months | [3][4] | ||
| – | Major general Roberto Legrá Sotolongo (born 1955) |
15 April 2021 | 19 April 2021 | 4 days | ||
| 19 April 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 335 days | [5] | |||
See also
References
- ^ Directory of Personalities of the Cuban Government, Official Organizations, and Mass Organizations. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 1974. p. 117. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Directory of officials of the Republic of Cuba. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence. May 1983. p. 113. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Partido Comunista de Cuba". 2010-09-25. Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ "Designan al general Álvaro López Miera como nuevo ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas de Cuba". www.weny.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ de Granma, Tomado (19 April 2021). "Nuevo Buró Político, Secretariado y miembros del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba". cmhw.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.