Roberto Morales Ojeda Explained

Office:Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba
Term Start:21 July 2018
Term End:10 October 2019
President:Miguel Díaz-Canel
Birth Date:15 June 1967

Roberto Tomás Morales Ojeda (born 15 June 1967)[1] is a Cuban physician and politician who served as a Vice President of Cuba. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)[2] and, between 2010 and 2018, served in the Council of Ministers as Minister of Public Health.[3] Currently, he is the secretary of organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.[4]

Early life

Born in the province of Cienfuegos, Morales Ojeda completed a degree in medicine in 1991, with a specialization in comprehensive and general medicine. He later completed a master's degree in public health.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of People's Power in 2008. In 2014, he served as President of the sixty-seventh session of the WHO's World Health Assembly. On 19 April 2018, he was elected one of the six Vice-presidents of Cuba. The National Assembly officially approved his, as well as other Cabinet nominations, in a vote of confidence on 21 July 2018.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Consejo de Ministros: Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular . 2018-05-18 . 2020-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200117233651/http://www.parlamentocubano.cu/index.php/consejo-de-ministros/ . dead .
  2. http://www.pcc.cu/eo_buro_politico.php Miembros del Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba
  3. Web site: Nombra Cuba nuevo ministro de salud pública . 2018-05-18 . 2020-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200122010421/http://www.radiorebelde.cu/noticia/nombra-cuba-nuevo-ministro-salud-publica-20100723/ . dead .
  4. https://english.news.cn/20230424/bd03ea9ad15f452a9e80c65d04af9999/c.html Chinese premier meets with PCC delegation
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20141004150037/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2014/wha67/president-roberto-morales-ojeda/en/ Dr Roberto Morales Ojeda, Minister of Public Health of Cuba
  6. https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/cuba-seats-new-ministers-but-old-guard-influence-remains/article_e6bce838-f2d9-557e-a917-b85adc5a7ea7.html