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Constitution
History of Cuba
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| | 1902 | Palma, Tom s Estrada | |
| 20th May Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations |
| 1908 | G¢mez, Jos‚ Miguel | |
| Self-government is restored when Jos‚ Miguel G¢mez is elected President, but the USAretains its supervision of Cuban affairs |
| 1925 | Machado, Gerardo | |
| Gerardo Machado y Morales, having been elected President, suspends the constitution |
| 1944 | Martin, Ramon Grau San | |
| Havana Establishes a dictatorship |
| 1961 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st May As hundreds of thousands celebrate May Day, Castro announces Cuba is a socialist nation & abolishes elections |
| 1st May Castro forms a dictatorship & declares himself to be a Marxist-Leninist |
| 1976 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 31st Jan Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state |
| 1992 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| Ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) to be the "leading force of society and of the state" |
| This constitution was replaced by a new Socialist Constitution, which claims to be guided by the ideas of Jos‚ Mart¡, and the political ideas of Marx, Engels and Lenin |
| 2006 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st Aug Castro delegates his duties as President of the Council of state, President of the Council of Ministers, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the post of commander in chief of the armed forces to his brother and First Vice President, Ra£l |
| 2006 | Castro Ruz, Raul | |
| 1st Aug Castro delegates his duties as President of the Council of state, President of the Council of Ministers, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the post of commander in chief of the armed forces to his brother and First Vice President, Ra£l |
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