Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba)

The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (Spanish: Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – MINFAR), also known as the Ministry of the FAR, is a Cuban military agency which is the executive body of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. The current Minister of the FAR is Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frías.

Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces emblem

The MINFAR building in Havana.
Agency overview
Formed16 February 1959 (1959-02-16)
JurisdictionCuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
HeadquartersPlaza de la Revolución, Havana
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Álvaro López Miera, Chief of the General Staff
Parent departmentMinistry of National Defense
Websitewww.cubadefensa.cu

Leadership structure

Responsibilities

The MINFAR directs, controls, and executes the policy of the Communist Party of Cuba and the government regarding the activities of the readiness of the nation to defend itself. It is responsible for the budget of the military, as well as for making arms deals with other countries. This ministry fulfills these obligations in coordination with other government agencies and institutions. The powers and functions of the MINFAR are regulated in legislation from the National Assembly of People's Power.[1][2]

Ministers

† denotes people who died in office.

No. Portrait MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyRef
1
Castro, RaúlComandante
Raúl Castro
(born 1931)		16 February 195924 February 200849 years, 8 daysPCC—
2
Regueiro, Julio CasasCorps General
Julio Casas Regueiro
(1936–2011)		24 February 20083 September 2011 †3 years, 191 daysPCC[3]
3
Cintra Frías, LeopoldoCorps General
Leopoldo Cintra Frías
(born 1941)		9 November 2011Incumbent9 years, 87 daysPCC[4]

See also

Sources
  1. "Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias - Sitio Web de la defensa de la República de Cuba". www.cubadefensa.cu. Archived from the original on 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  2. "Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias - EcuRed". www.ecured.cu.
  3. Burnett, Victoria. "Gen. Julio Casas Regueiro, Cuba's Defense Minister, Dies at 75".
  4. "General de Cuerpo de Ejército Leopoldo Cintra Frías". www.granma.cu.
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