On the morning of April 19th, Cuban time (evening of April 19th, Vietnamese time), the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba concluded after announcing the results of the election of the new Central Committee and the Party leadership.

First SecretaryRaúl Castro.

According to the election results, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, has been re-elected to the highest leadership position of the Cuban Communist Party.

The final plenary session of the Congress also re-elected José Ramón Machado to continue serving as Second Secretary.

Other members of the new 17-member Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party are: Miguel Díaz-Canel (First Vice President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers), Esteban Lazo (President of the National Assembly), Ramiro Valdés (Vice President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers), Salvador Valdés (Vice President of the Council of State), Leopoldo Cintra (Minister of the Armed Forces), and Bruno Rodríguez (Minister of Foreign Affairs).

In addition, there are Marino Murillo (Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy), Mercedes López (Secretary of the Havana City Party Committee), Álvaro López (First Deputy Minister, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Armed Forces), and Ramón Espinosa (Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Armed Forces).

The five new members elected for the first time to the Politburo are: Ulises Guilarte (Secretary General of the Federation of Labor), Roberto Morales (Minister of Health), Miriam Nicado (Member of the Council of State, Rector of the National University of Informatics UCI), Teresa Amarelle (Secretary General of the Women's Union) and Marta Ayala (Director of the Institute for Genetics and Biotechnology).

In the presence of approximately 1,200 delegates and guests, First Secretary Raúl Castro announced the list of 142 members of the new Central Committee, with an average age of 54.5 years.

After three days of discussion, the Congress adopted five resolutions on the five reports that had been presented to the Congress in the first plenary session and the four subsequent group sessions.

These reports include the Congress's key report; the definition of Cuba's socialist socio-economic model; the development plan to 2030, its vision, pillars, and strategic areas; an assessment of the implementation of the guidelines adopted at the Sixth Party Congress and steps to update these guidelines for the next five years; and an assessment of the implementation of the Party's work objectives set at the First National Conference in January 2012.

The 7th National Congress is of paramount importance to the Communist Party of Cuba, the country, and the Cuban people, in the context of this Caribbean nation gradually opening up after officially normalizing relations with the United States at the end of 2014, ending more than half a century of embargo and blockade.

According to Vietnam+