Events in the year 2019 in Cuba.
Incumbents First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: José Ramón Machado Ventura President: Miguel Díaz-Canel First Vice President: Salvador Valdés Mesa Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz
Events
January January 2 – The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in the capital of Havana. January 27 – A rare EF4 tornado makes landfall in Havana, killing at least three and causing severe damage.
February February 24 – The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum took place.
March March 24–27 – President Díaz-Canel hosted the Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to the capital as the first members of the British royal family to visit the island.
April
April 10 – The new Constitution of Cuba came into force.
December
December 21 – Manuel Marrero Cruz assumes office as the 19th Prime Minister of Cuba, becoming the first person to hold the office after the post was reestablished by the 2019 Constitution.
Deaths January 6 – José Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Council of Ministers (b. 1923) January 14 – Bernardo Benes, Jewish civic leader (b. 1934) February 20 – Chelo Alonso, actress (b. 1933) July 20 – Roberto Fernández Retamar, poet (b. 1930) July 26 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, cardinal (b. 1936)Muere líder de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba, cardenal Ortega, clave en acercamiento con EEUU April 21 – Amelia Vargas, actress and dancer (b. 1928) August 26 – Isabel Toledo, Cuban-American fashion designer (b. 1960) September 9 – Dulce García, Olympic javelin thrower (b. 1968) October 17 – Alicia Alonso, ballerina (b. 1920) November 20 – Bertha Díaz, Olympic sprinter (b. 1936) December 5 – Faure Chomón, politician (b. 1929) December 29 – Harry Villegas, communist revolutionary (b. 1940)
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