José Ramón Machado Ventura
José Ramón Machado Ventura | |
|---|---|
Ventura in 2019 | |
| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee | |
| In office 19 April 2011 – 19 April 2021 | |
| Leader | Raúl Castro Miguel Diaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
| First Vice President of Cuba | |
| In office 24 February 2008 – 24 February 2013 | |
| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1930 San Antonio de las Vueltas, Cuba |
| Political party | 26th of July Movement (1955–1962) Communist Party of Cuba (1965–present) |
| Profession | Physician |
José Ramón Machado Ventura (born 26 October 1930) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba from 2008 to 2013. With the election of Raúl Castro as President of Cuba on 24 February 2008, Machado was elected to succeed him as First Vice President, serving until 2013. He was elected Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2011.