Blas Roca Calderio
Blas Roca Calderio | |
|---|---|
Roca in 1979 | |
| President of the National Assembly of People's Power | |
| In office 2 December 1976 – 1981 | |
| Vice President | Raúl Roa García |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Flavio Bravo Pardo |
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party | |
| In office April 1934 – 24 June 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Vivó |
| Succeeded by | Fidel Castro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1908 Manzanillo, Cuba |
| Died | 25 April 1987 (aged 78) Havana, Cuba |
| Political party | Popular Socialist Party (1929–1961) 26th of July Movement (1953–1965) Communist Party of Cuba (1965–1981) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Blas Roca Calderio (24 July 1908 – 25 April 1987) was a Cuban politician and Marxist theorist who served as President of the National Assembly of People's Power from 1976 to 1981. He was also general secretary of the pre-1959 revolution Communist Party of Cuba for 28 years and editor of the communist newspaper Hoy. He was a signatory of the 1940 Constitution of Cuba, and chaired the committee that wrote the country's first socialist constitution in 1976.