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Ramiro VALDES Menendez

Military · Politician

Ramiro VALDES Menendez is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ramiro VALDES Menendez · Ramiro Valdés · Ramiro Valdés Menéndez · Вальдес Рамиро · راميرو فالديز · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ramiro Valdes · Ramiro Valdes Menendez · Ramiro Valdes Menéndez				[sources]
Weak alias	ラミロ・バルデス				[sources]
Birth date	1932-04-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Artemisa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Cuba				[sources]
Country	Cuba				[sources]
Citizenship	Cuba				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ramiro				[sources]
Political association	PCC				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1388860				[sources]
Position	Comandante de la Revolución. Vice primer ministro · Deputy Prime Minister · Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba (2009-2019) · Member of the National Assembly of Cuba · Minister of Communications of Cuba (2005-2011) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Superior				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-21	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Asaltante al Cuartel Moncada, expedicionario del Granma, combatiente del Ejército Rebelde, fue ascendido al grado de Comandante. Al triunfo de la Revolución, Segundo Jefe de La Cabaña, Jefe Militar en la región central, jefe de los órganos de la Seguridad del Estado. Fue Ministro del Interior, viceministro primero de las FAR, ayudante del Comandante en Jefe, vice primer ministro a cargo del Sector de la Construcción, ministro de la Informática y las Comunicaciones y vicepresidente de los Consejos de Estado y de Ministros. Es miembro fundador del Comité Central del Partido y de su Buró Político. Ha cumplido importantes misiones de carácter oficial, político y económico, como la búsqueda, ubicación, exhumación y traslado a Cuba de los restos del Che y sus compañeros en Bolivia. Es Héroe de la República de Cuba. Actualmente es Vice primer ministro.

— Cuba Members of the Parliament non-official source, 2025-09-29

Cuban politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
X Legislatura de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (ANPP)	2023	-
Deputy Prime Minister

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,797

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Cuba Members of the Parliament471

Members of the 10. Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power

Cuba · Proyecto Inventario · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,485

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,035

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

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Wikidata350,491

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,817

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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