Lis Cuesta Peraza

Her Excellency
Lis Cuesta Peraza
Cuesta in 2024
First Lady of Cuba
Incumbent
Assumed role
19 April 2018
PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byVilma Espín (de facto, 2007)
Second Lady of Cuba
In office
24 February 2015 – 19 April 2018
Vice PresidentMiguel Díaz-Canel
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJulia Piloto Saborit
Personal details
Born (1971-03-28) 28 March 1971 (age 53)
Holguín, Cuba
Political partyCommunist Party of Cuba (2009–present)
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Holguín
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTourism Executive

Lis Cuesta Peraza de Díaz-Canel (born 28 March 1971) is a Cuban politician and former tourism executive who is the current First Lady of Cuba since 2018 as the second wife[1] of Miguel Díaz-Canel, the First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba. Cuesta is the first woman to be called "first lady" by Cuban state-run media since the 1960s.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Torres, Andrea (2018-04-18). "Here is what you need to know about Castro's successor". WPLG. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ "Quién es Lis Cuesta, la esposa del nuevo presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, que retoma el título de "primera dama" eliminado por los hermanos Castro hace décadas". BBC Mundo. 2018-04-23. Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  3. ^ Whitefield, Mimi (2018-06-01). "Cuba's first lady is no mystery, but you would not know it from coverage in state media". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  4. ^ "Quién es Lis Cuesta, la esposa del nuevo presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, que retoma el título de "primera dama" eliminado por los hermanos Castro hace décadas". BBC Mundo. 2018-04-23. Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-07-10.