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Birth Name: Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Place of Birth: Placetas, Villa Clara, Cuba
Date of Birth: 20 April, 1960
Ethnicity: Cuban – Spanish [Asturian], possibly other
Miguel Díaz-Canel is a Cuban politician. He leads Cuba; having been President of Cuba, since 10 October, 2019, and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, since 19 April, 2021. He has also been Minister of Education, from 8 May, 2009 to 21 March, 2012, Vice President of the Council of State and Ministers, from 24 February, 2013 to 19 April, 2018, and President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba, from 19 April, 2018 to 10 October, 2019.
His father, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is a mechanical plant worker. His mother, Aida Bermúdez, is a schoolteacher. Miguel is married to Lis Cuesta Peraza. He has two children with his former wife, dentist Marta Villanueva.
One of Miguel’s paternal great-grandfathers was named Ramón Díaz-Canel. Ramón emigrated from Castropol, Asturias, Spain.
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