What is José Ramón Machado Ventura?
{{Infobox Vice President | name = José Ramón Machado Ventura | image = | imagesize = | order = [[Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]] | term_start = 19 April 2011 | term_end = | leader = Raúl Castro | predecessor = [[Raúl Castro]] | order2 = 2nd [[First Vice President of Cuba]] | term_start2 = 24 February 2008 | term_end2 = 24 February 2013 | president2 = Raúl Castro | predecessor2 = [[Raúl Castro]] | successor2 = [[Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|10|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[San Antonio de las Vueltas]], [[Cuba]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Communist Party of Cuba]] | profession = [[Physician]] }} '''José Ramón Machado Ventura''', M.D. (born 26 October 1930) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the [[Vice President of Cuba|First Vice President]] of the [[Council of State of Cuba]] from 2008 to 2013. [[Raúl Castro]] was elected as the [[President of Cuba]] on 24 February 2008. Machado was elected to succeed him as First Vice President.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news|title=Factbox: Facts about Cuba's new No.2, Machado Ventura|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/24/us-cuba-castro-machado-idUSN2410348220080224|access-date=8 January 2014|newspaper=Reuters|date=24 February 2008|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130911/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/24/us-cuba-castro-machado-idUSN2410348220080224|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has been [[Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]] since 2011. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado Ventura, Jose Ramon}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Vice presidents]] [[Category:Cuban politicians]] [[Category:Marxists]] {{bio-stub}}