Lis Cuesta Peraza Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Her Excellency
Lis Cuesta Peraza
Office:First Lady of Cuba
President:Miguel Díaz-Canel
Term Label:Assumed role
Term Start:19 April 2018
Predecessor:Vilma Espín (de facto, 2007)
Office1:Second Lady of Cuba
Vicepresident1:Miguel Díaz-Canel
Term Start1:24 February 2015
Term End1:19 April 2018
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Julia Piloto Saborit
Birth Date:28 March 1971
Birth Place:Holguín, Cuba
Party:Communist Party of Cuba (2009–present)
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of Holguín
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Tourism 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Torres . Andrea . 2018-04-18 . Here is what you need to know about Castro's successor . 2023-02-04 . WPLG . en.
  2. News: 2018-04-23 . 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 . . live . 2022-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220412232439/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-43861291 . 2022-04-12.
  3. News: Whitefield . Mimi . 2018-06-01 . Cuba's first lady is no mystery, but you would not know it from coverage in state media . . dead . 2022-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128053450/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article212211724.html . 2020-11-28.
  4. News: 2018-04-23 . 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 . . live . 2022-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220412232439/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-43861291 . 2022-04-12.