Presidential succession (1990–present)
Rows highlighted FSP mark presidents from a Foro de São Paulo member/affiliated party.
| Period | President | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–2008 | Fidel Castro FSP | Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) | President of the Council of State until 2008; PCC First Secretary. Cuba is a one-party socialist state — the PCC is the sole legal party and has governed since 1965, predating the Forum. Shown on the timeline map as a one-party state (not electoral alternation). |
| 2008–2018 | Raúl Castro FSP | Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) | |
| 2018–present | Miguel Díaz-Canel FSP | Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) | President of the Council of State (2018), then President of the Republic under the 2019 constitution; PCC First Secretary from 2021. |
High court — Tribunal Supremo Popular
- Appointment
- Judges elected by the National Assembly of People's Power.
- Changes (FSP era)
- One-party socialist state; court is subordinate to the National Assembly. Court history not compiled for this dossier (added for the timeline map; see issue #109).
- How much remains
- Verified
- no — to verify against primary sources
Bench control by appointing government
Sourced period bands: how much of the sitting high-court bench was appointed (or, where sources say so, effectively controlled) under FSP-member governments. Appointment provenance is not a claim about how judges rule — see each band's notes; documented interventions are in the court history above. Seat counts appear only where sources give them; years outside these bands are uncovered, not asserted.
| Period | Control | FSP-era appointees | Notes & sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–present | aligned | — | Cuba is a one-party socialist state whose Partido Comunista de Cuba is a founding FSP member. The Tribunal Supremo Popular is elected by, and directly subordinate to, the National Assembly of People's Power, which may appoint or remove judges at any time; human-rights monitors (Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and the IACHR) report no separation of powers between the courts, the executive and the PCC. Provenance is therefore 'aligned' across the whole period as a matter of the one-party system — not a bench captured through competitive appointments — so seat counts are not meaningful and are left null. (source 1, source 2, source 3) |