title: Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
text: # Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
  
  The Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
  
  ## History
  
  The Politburo of the Central Committee was established on 3 October 1965 when the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution was transformed into the present-day Communist Party of Cuba. It was established as the party's highest decision-making body between plenary sessions of the Central Committee, and its meetings were to be chaired by the First Secretary of the Central Committee. Of the eight members elected to the Provisional Politburo three concurrently served as members of the Provisional Secretariat.
  
  Alternate membership in the Politburo was abolished at the 4th Party Congress, held on 10–14 October 1991, with the intention of streamlining the party's decision-making process.
  
  ### Terms
  
  | Term | Members | Members | Members | Period | Period | Duration |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Term | Male | Female | Reelected | Start | End | Duration |
  | Provisional | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 October 1965 | 17 December 1975 | 10 years, 75 days |
  | 1st | 13 | 0 | 13 | 22 December 1975 | 17 December 1980 | 4 years, 361 days |
  | 2nd | 26 | 1 | 15 | 20 December 1980 | 4 February 1986 | 5 years, 46 days |
  | 3rd | 23 | 1 | 10 | 7 February 1986 | 10 October 1991 | 5 years, 245 days |
  | 4th | 22 | 3 | 16 | 14 October 1991 | 8 October 1997 | 5 years, 359 days |
  | 5th | 22 | 2 | 8 | 10 October 1997 | 16 April 2011 | 13 years, 188 days |
  | 6th | 15 | 1 | 11 | 19 April 2011 | 16 April 2016 | 4 years, 363 days |
  | 7th | 13 | 4 | 9 | 19 April 2016 | 16 April 2021 | 4 years, 362 days |
  | 8th | 11 | 3 | — | 19 April 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 99 days |
  