Yanet Hernández Pérez
Yanet Hernández Pérez | |
|---|---|
 Yanet Hernández Pérez seen in 2020 on Mesa Redonda Internacional | |
 2nd Governor of La Habana Province | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Jesús Otamendiz Campos |
| Preceded by | Reinaldo García Zapata |
1st Vice-Governor of La Habana Province | |
| In office 8 February 2020 – 4 June 2023 | |
| Governor | Reinaldo García Zapata |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Otamendiz Campos |
 Deputy of the National Assembly of People’s Power | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1969 Havana, Cuba |
| Citizenship |  Cuba |
| Political party |  PCC |
| Other political affiliations |  CDR CTCFMC |
Yanet Hernández Pérez is a Cuban politician and the current governor of La Habana Province, elected on 28 May 2023.[1]
Education
She graduated as a primary school teacher at Salvador Allende Pedagogical School, with her having a PhD in Pedagogical sciences.[1]
Career
Before politics
She was a teacher and psychologist at the Solidaridad con Namibia Special School, a methodologist for special schools, a principal of a primary school, and later the municipal director of La Lisa.[2]
She later served as Vice-Director and Director of the Provincial Education Directorate of La Habana Province.[2]
She served as a member of an International Conference of Trade with Argentina.[2]
Political career
She was a member of the provincial committee of La Habana Province in the 7th and 8th legislator.[2][1]
She represented Cuba at the 7th Summit of the Americas, and helped with drafting the current 2019 Constitution of Cuba.[2]
On 18 January 2020, she was elected as vice-governor of La Habana Province, along with Reinaldo García Zapata as governor, where she won 94.95 percent of the vote.[3]
She was elected governor of La Habana Province on 28 May 2023, where she won 97.16 percent of the vote, with Jesús Otamendiz Campos becoming her vice-governor.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Yanet Hernández Pérez". National Assembly of People’s Power. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e "Yanet Hernández Pérez". Partido Comunista de Cuba (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Conozca los gobernadores y vicegobernadores de cada una de las provincias del país (+ Video)". Cubadebate. 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Gobernadores y vicegobernadores provinciales fueron elegidos con más del 90 % de los votos válidos emitidos (+ Video)". Granma.cu (in Spanish). 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2025-07-29.