Chief of the General Staff (Cuba)
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] | |
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Corps general
Álvaro López Miera (born 1943) |
11 October 1997 | 15 April 2021 | 23 years, 6 months | [3][4] | |
| – | 
|
Lieutenant general
Roberto Legrá Sotolongo (born 1955) |
15 April 2021 | 19 April 2021 | 4 days | |
| 19 April 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 115 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.