This is a list of the Presidents of Cuba from 1902 until the present day.
| # | Picture | Name |
Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 1 | Tomás Estrada Palma |
Moderate Party | 20 May 1902 – 28 September 1906 | |
| Governors appointed by the United States | ||||
| William Howard Taft |
Governor appointed by the U.S. | 29 September – 13 October 1906 | ||
| Charles Edward Magoon |
Governor appointed by the U.S. | 13 October 1906 – 28 January 1909 | ||
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 2 | José Miguel Gómez |
Liberal Party | 28 January 1909 – 20 May 1913 | |
| 3 | Mario García Menocal |
Conservative Party | 20 May 1913 – 20 May 1921 | |
| 4 | Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso |
Cuban Popular Party-National League | 20 May 1921 – 20 May 1925 | |
| 5 | Gerardo Machado |
Liberal Party | 20 May 1925 – 24 August 1933 In exile after 12 August 1933 |
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| Alberto Herrera y Franchi |
Military | 12 August – 13 August 1933 Provisional president |
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| Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada |
A.B.C. Revolutionary Society | 13 August – 5 September 1933 Provisional President |
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| Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba | 5 – 10 September 1933 | |||
| Ramón Grau |
Cuban Revolutionary Party | |||
| Guillermo Portela y Möller |
Liberal Party | |||
| José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio |
Conservative Party | |||
| Sergio Carbó y Morera |
Cuban Popular Party-National League | |||
| Porfirio Franca y Álvarez de la Campa |
Liberal Party | |||
| Presidents of the Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 6 | Ramón Grau |
Cuban Revolutionary Party | 10 September 1933 – 15 January 1934 | |
| Carlos Hevia |
Cuban Revolutionary Party | 15 – 18 January 1934 Provisional President |
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| Manuel Márquez Sterling |
Independent | 18 January 1934 Provisional President |
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| Carlos Mendieta |
National Union | 18 January 1934 – 11 December 1935 Provisional President |
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| José Agripino Barnet |
National Union | 11 December 1935 – 20 May 1936 Provisional President |
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| 7 | Miguel Mariano Gómez |
National Union | 20 May – 24 December 1936 | |
| 8 | Federico Laredo Brú |
National Union | 24 December 1936 – 10 October 1940 | |
| 9 | Fulgencio Batista |
Democratic Socialist Coalition (CSD) | 10 October 1940 – 10 October 1944 | |
| 10 | Ramón Grau |
Cuban Revolutionary Party (Authentic) | 10 October 1944 – 10 October 1948 | |
| 11 | Carlos Prío Socarrás |
Cuban Revolutionary Party (Authentic) | 10 October 1948 – 10 March 1952 | |
| 12 | Fulgencio Batista |
Military United Action Party Progressive Action Party |
10 March 1952 – 24 February 1955 Provisional President 24 February 1955 – 1 January 1959 |
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| Anselmo Alliegro y Milá |
Progressive Party | 1 – 2 January 1959 Provisional President |
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| Carlos Manuel Piedra |
Independent | 2 – 3 January 1959 Provisional President |
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| 13 | Manuel Urrutia Lleó |
Independent | 3 January – 18 July 1959 | |
| 14 | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado |
Integrated Revolutionary Organizations United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution Communist Party of Cuba |
18 July 1959 – 2 December 1976 | |
| Presidents of the Council of State of Cuba | ||||
| 15 | Fidel Castro |
Communist Party of Cuba | 2 December 1976 – 24 February 2008 | |
| Raúl Castro |
Communist Party of Cuba | 31 July 2006 – 24 February 2008 Acting President |
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| 16 | 24 February 2008 – Incumbent | |||
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)