HAVANA: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in decades, under a new constitution that seeks to decentralise former leader Fidel Castro’s job.
Unlike many other countries where prime ministers often play central, political roles, the post involves day-to-day supervision of the Council of Ministers and the implementation of policy. William LeoGrande, a professor of government and Cuba expert at American University in Washington said the post was different than in a multiparty system."It's a division of responsibilities rather than a division of authority," he said.
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