| Capitale | nom: Havana coordonnées géographiques: 23 07 N, 82 21 W différence de temps: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - Cuba has been known to alter the schedule of DST on short notice in an attempt to conserve electricity for lighting etymology: the sites of Spanish colonial cities often retained their original Taino names; Habana, the Spanish name for the city, may be based on the name of a local Taino chief, Habaguanex |
| Fête de l'Indépendance | 20 Mai 1902 (from Spain 10 Decembre 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence |
| Fête nationale | Triumph of the Revolution (Liberation Day), 1 Janvier (1959) |
| Constitution | history: several previous; latest drafted 14 Juillet 2018, approved by the National Assembly 22 Decembre 2018, approved by referendum 24 Février 2019 amendments: proposed by the National Assembly of People’s Power; passage requires approval of at least two-thirds majority of the National Assembly membership; amendments to constitutional articles on the authorities of the National Assembly, Council of State, or any rights and duties in the constitution also require approval in a referendum; constitutional articles on the Cuban political, social, and economic system cannot be amended (2018) |
| Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur | 16 ans; universal |
| Pouvoir exécutif | chef d'état (Président): Président Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (depuis 10 October 2019); Vice Président Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (depuis 10 October 2019); note - the president is both chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre) chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Président Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (depuis 10 October 2019); Vice Président Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (depuis 10 October 2019) cabinet: Council of Ministers proposed by the president and appointed by the National Assembly; it is subordinate to the 31-member Council of State, which is elected by the Assembly to act on its behalf when it is not in session elections/appointments: president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (may be reelected for another 5-year term); election last held on 10 October 2019 (next to be held in 2024) election results: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.1% note - on 19 April 2018, DIAZ-CANEL succeeded Raul CASTRO as president of the Council of State; on 10 October 2019 he was elected to the newly recreated position of Président of the Republic, which replaced the position of Président of the Council of State |
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du décembre 31, 2019
