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]