Communist Party of Cuba

20°59′27.7″N 77°25′41.5″W / 20.991028°N 77.428194°W / 20.991028; -77.428194

Communist Party of Cuba Partido Comunista de Cuba
First Secretary	Miguel Díaz-Canel
Second Secretary	José Ramón Machado
Founder	Fidel Castro
Founded	3 October 1965; 58 years ago (1965-10-03)
Preceded by	26th of July Movement Popular Socialist Party
Headquarters	Havana, Cuba
Newspaper	Granma
Youth wing	Young Communist League
Pioneer wing	José Martí Pioneer Organization
Membership (2010)	1,054,000[1]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism Castroism Guevarism Socialism of the 21st century
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Regional affiliation	COPPPAL Foro de São Paulo
Colors	Red   Blue
Slogan	¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
Website
www.pcc.cu

The Communist Party of Cuba^[a] is the ruling political party in Cuba. It is a Marxist–Leninist communist party. The Cuban constitution describes the role of the party to be the "leading force of society and of the state". Since April 2021, the First Secretary of the Central Committee has been Miguel Díaz-Canel. The Second Secretary has been José Ramón Machado Ventura.^[3]

1. ↑ "7th PCC Congress Central Report, presented by First Secretary Raúl Castro Ruz". en.cubadebate.cu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
2. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: CUBA (Asamblea nacional del Poder popular), Last elections". ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
3. ↑ "End of the Castro era: Diaz-Canel becomes Cuban Communist Party chief".