José Ramón Machado Ventura
| José Ramón Machado Ventura | |
|---|---|
| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba | |
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Assumed office 19 April 2011 |
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| Leader | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| First Vice President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba | |
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In office 24 February 2008 – 24 February 2013 |
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| President | Raúl Castro |
| Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 October 1930 San Antonio de las Vueltas, Cuba |
| Political 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 First Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba from 2008 to 2013. With the election of Raúl Castro as President of Cuba on 24 February 2008, Machado was elected to succeed him as First Vice President. He has been Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2011.
José Ramón Machado was born in San Antonio de las Vueltas, in the former province of Las Villas, and was schooled in Camajuaní and Remedios. He is a medical doctor by profession, graduating from the University of Havana in 1953. Machado joined the revolutionary movement immediately following Fulgencio Batista's coup d'état of 10 March 1952, while still a medical student, and was an early member of the 26th of July Movement opposing the dictatorship. Later, under the command first of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and subsequently of Fidel Castro, he was one the original revolutionaries who fought the guerrilla war in the Sierra Maestra. In 1958, promoted to the rank of captain, he was sent to the province of Oriente under the command of Raúl Castro as part of the rebels' bid to open up a second front. There he was placed in charge of the guerrillas' medical service, establishing a network of hospitals and dispensaries, and was promoted to the rank of major "comandante" (top rank on Castro's rebel army).
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