Esteban Lazo Hernández
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| 18th President of the Council of State | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2019 | |
| Vice President | Ana María Mari Machado |
| Leader | Raúl Castro (First Secretary of the Communist Party) Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| President of the National Assembly of People's Power | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2013 | |
| Leader | Raúl Castro (First Secretary of the Communist Party) Miguel Díaz-Canel |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Alarcón |
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| Born | Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández (1944-02-26) 26 February 1944 (age 80) Jovellanos, Matanzas, Republic of Cuba |
| Political party | Communist Party of Cuba |
| Profession | Civil servant |
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Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández (born 26 February 1944) is a Cuban politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's parliament, since 2013. Previously he was Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba since 1980 and National Assembly of People's Power member since 1981.[1][2]
On February 25, 2013, Lazo was named as the President of the National Assembly of People's Power.[3]
Lazo Hernández was born on 26 February 1944 in Jovellanos, Matanzas. He attended his neighborhood's elementary school up until 5th Grade, at which point he dropped out and began working with his family in the fields. He was 14 during the Triumph of the Revolution, and soon after he got a job at a rice mill. He continued to do jobs in the agricultural field until the age of 19.[4]
Order of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam, 2023)[5]| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | President of Cuban National Assembly 2013– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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