Esteban Lazo Hernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lazo and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.
Esteban Lazo Hernández
Lazo Hernández in 2013
18th President of the Council of State
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 October 2019
Vice PresidentAna María Mari Machado
LeaderRaúl Castro (First Secretary of the Communist Party)
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byMiguel Díaz-Canel
President of the National Assembly of People's Power
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 February 2013
LeaderRaúl Castro (First Secretary of the Communist Party)
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byRicardo Alarcón
Personal details
Born
Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández

(1944-02-26) 26 February 1944 (age 80)
Jovellanos, Matanzas, Republic of Cuba
Political partyCommunist Party of Cuba
ProfessionCivil servant

Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández (born 26 February 1944) is a Cuban politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's parliament, since 2013. Previously he was Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1980 and National Assembly of People's Power member since 1981.[1][2]

On February 25, 2013, Lazo was named as the President of the National Assembly of People's Power.[3]

Early life

Lazo Hernández was born on 26 February 1944 in Jovellanos, Matanzas. He attended his neighborhood's elementary school up until 5th Grade, at which point he dropped out and began working with his family in the fields. He was 14 during the Triumph of the Revolution, and soon after he got a job at a rice mill. He continued to do jobs in the agricultural field until the age of 19.[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Current picture and biography Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. ^ Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  3. ^ "Cuba's Raul Castro to retire in five years" Archived 15 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Al Jazeera, 25 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández". Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Cuban leaders honoured with Hồ Chí Minh Order". Viet Nam News. 1 April 2023. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by President of Cuban National Assembly
2013– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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