Governors of provinces of Cuba

Per the 2019 Constitution of Cuba, each province of Cuba is composed by a governor and a provincial council. Governors are proposed by the president of Cuba, and elected by the delegates of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, for a term of five years. They are the highest executive power in each province. In order to serve as governor, they must have sole citizenship of Cuba, atleast 30 years old, reside in the province which they are representing, and be "full enjoyment of there civil and political rights."^[1]

After being elected, governors and vice-governors have to take office in under 21 days.^[2]

Per the 2019 Constitution of Cuba, Article 179, the governor of each province has to correspond with these duties.^[1]

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1. To comply with, and ensure compliance with, the Constitution and the laws;
2. To convene and preside over the meetings of the Provincial Council;
3. To direct, coordinate, and monitor the labor of the organizing structures of the Provincial Administration and, within the area of his or her competence, to issue regulatory provisions and adopt the corresponding decisions;
4. To call for and to monitor the implementation of the economic development plan as well as the implementation of the province's budget, in accordance with the policy agreed to by the competent national organs;
5. To call for and to monitor the implementation of the territorial and urban development and organization plans;
6. To designate and to substitute the leaders and functionaries of the provincial administration, and to submit for the ratification of the Provincial Council those cases that are prescribed by the law;
7. To present to the Council of Ministers, with prior agreement of the Provincial Council, the policy proposals that contribute to the province's holistic development;
8. To inform the Council of Ministers, with prior agreement of the Provincial Council, of those decisions of the superior organs that affect the interests of the community or are considered to have overstepped the authority of those that adopted them;
9. To suspend the agreements and orders of the councils of the Municipal Administration that do not conform with the Constitution, the laws, decrees with the force of law, presidential decrees, and other acts of the organs of the State, or when they affect the interests of other localities or the general interests of the country, informing the respective Municipal Assembly of People's Power during the first session held after said suspension occurs;
10. To revoke or to modify the decrees that are adopted by the administrative provincial authorities that answer to it that contravene the Constitution, the laws, and other orders that are in force, or those that affect the interests of other communities or the general interests of the country;
11. To create temporary commissions or working groups;
12. To arrange for the publication of the agreements of the Provincial Council that are of a general interest and to monitor their implementation, and
13. The other duties that the Constitution or the laws assign to it. "

Province	Image	Governor	Party
Artemisa		Ricardo Concepción Rodríguez		PCC
Camagüey		Jorge Enrique Sutil Sarabia		PCC
Ciego de Ávila		Alfre Menéndez Pérez		PCC
Cienfuegos		Yolexis Rodríguez Armada		PCC
Granma		Yanetsy Terry Gutiérrez		PCC
Guantánamo		Alis Azahares Torreblanca		PCC
Holguín		Manuel Francisco Hernández Aguilera		PCC
La Habana		Yanet Hernández Pérez		PCC
Las Tunas		Yelenis Tornet Menéndez		PCC
Matanzas		Marieta Poey Zamora		PCC
Mayabeque		Manuel Aguiar Lamas		PCC
Pinar del Río		Eumelín González Sánchez		PCC
Sancti Spíritus		Alexis Lorente Jiménez		PCC
Santiago de Cuba		Manuel Falcón Hernández		PCC
Villa Clara		Milaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas		PCC

The first governor and vice-governor elections took place 18 January 2020, and the elected officials took office 8 February 2020. All of the provinces were involved in the 2020 elections.

Election results were:^[3]

The second governor and vice-governor elections took place 28 May 2023, and the inauguration of the officials would take place 4 June 2023. All of the provinces were involved in the 2023 elections.

Election results were:^[4]

The 2024 governor elections mostly took place on 4 May, 2024, and were inaugurated 21 May 2024, while the elections of Las Tunas Province, took place on 8 December 2024.^[5] Only the provinces of Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and Villa Clara were involved in this serie of elections.

Election results were:^[6]