Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of State of Cuba/ República de Cuba (Female Suffrage 1934) Spanish Colony till 1898, American occupation 1899-1902, Independent 1902

Also see Cuba Ministers

1539-44 Acting Governor Ines de Bobadilla
She was left in charge of the government when her husband, Hernando de Soto (1496/1500-42) left for an expedition where he died in 1542. Two years later Juan de Avila was appointed governor.

1959-80 Member of the Council of State Haydée Santamaria Cuardrado de Hart
She lived (1927-88) (Committed Suicide)

1976-2007 (†) Member of the Council of State Vilma Espín Guillois de Castro
President of the Federation of Cuban Women and married to Raúl Castro Ruz, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, First Vice President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Acting Head of State during the ilness of his brother of Fidel Casto. She lived (1930-2007)

1976-80 Member of the Council of State Marta Deprés Arozarena

1986-93 Member of the Council of State Zeida Suarez Premier

1986-93 Member of the Council of State Lidia Tablada Romero

1986-93 Member of the Council of State Mercedes Diaz Herrera

1993-2003 Member of the Council of State Dra. Concepcíon Campa Huergo
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party

1993-2003 Member of the Council of State Eslinda Orozo

1993-2008 Member of the Council of State Dra. Rosa Elena Simeón Negrín
Former Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment.

1993-2003 Member of the Council of State Maria de los Angeles Garcia Alvarez

1993-2003 Member of the Council of State Yadira Garcia Davilda

2003-08 Member of the Council of State Nidia Diana Martínez Piti
Director of the William Soler Pediatric Hospital

2003-08 Member of the Council of State María T. Ferrer Madrazo
Vice Dean of the Salvador Allende Pedagogy Faculty.

2003-08 Member of the Council of State Marta Hernández Romero
Director of the Santiago de Cuba Provincial Education Administration.

2003- Member of the Council of State Iris Betancourt Téllez
Territorial Delegate of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment in Granma Province.

2008- Member of the Council of State Yolanda Ferrer Gómez
Apart from the 8 female and 15 male "ordinary" members, the Council of State has got 7 Vice-Presidents, who are all male.

2008- Member of the Council of State Dignora Montano Perdomo

2008- Member of the Council of State Regla Dayamí Armenteros Mesa

2008- Member of the Council of State Tania León Silveira

2008- Member of the Council of State María del Carmen Concepción González

2008- Member of the Council of State Surina Acosta Brook

2008- Member of the Council of State Inés María Chapman Waugh

Last update 26.02.08