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Cuba

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President of the Council Raul CASTRO Ruz
  • Head of Government: President of the Council Raul CASTRO Ruz
  • Assembly: Cuba has a unicameral National Assembly of People's Power (Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular) with 609 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President of the Council is indirectly elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly of People's Power (Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular) 609 members are elected by absolute majority vote to serve 5-year terms.***

*** The National Assembly is elected from slates approved by special candidacy commissions.

Population:

  • Population: 11,075,244 (July 2011 est.)

Past elections

  • Presidential - 2013
  • Parliamentary - February 3, 2013
  • Legislative - January 19, 2003

Last Updated on 06/19/2012

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