Cuban politician, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. After a successful work as a Party cadre in the provinces of Villa Clara and Holguin, he served as Minister of Higher Education and first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers from February 24, 2013 to April 18, 2018, date in which he was elected President of the Council of State and Ministers in the Constituent Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power.
