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* UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} is a single-party state which officially recognises the Communist Party of Cuba as the "leading force of society and of the state" in its Constitution. The First Secretary of the Communist Party is the highest-ranked political position in the country, and the President of Cuba is the second-highest: both are usually occupied by the same person (currently Miguel Díaz-Canel) but UsefulNotes/FidelCastro and his brother Raúl each remained as First Secretary for three years after stepping down as President. Fidel Castro was in charge of Cuba for decades after the Cuban Revolution, but constitutional reforms in 2019 shifted Cuba's dictatorship away from the "personalist" type towards the "single-party" type as described above. The President is officially appointed by the national legislature, which is always dominated by the Communist Party: although anyone can be nominated to stand for the legislature, the committees which narrow down the nominees to a single candidate per district are controlled by Communist Party members.

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* UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} is a single-party state which officially recognises the Communist Party of Cuba as the "leading force of society and of the state" in its Constitution. The First Secretary of the Communist Party is the highest-ranked political position in the country, and the President of Cuba is the second-highest: both are usually occupied by the same person (currently Miguel Díaz-Canel) but UsefulNotes/FidelCastro and his brother Raúl each remained as First Secretary for three years after stepping down as President. Fidel Castro was in charge the autocratic leader of Cuba for decades nearly fifty years after the Cuban Revolution, but constitutional reforms in 2019 shifted re-established the position of Prime Minister and imposed a limit of two five-year terms on the Presidency, shifting Cuba's dictatorship away from the "personalist" type towards the "single-party" type as described above. The President is officially appointed by the national legislature, which is always dominated by the Communist Party: although anyone can be nominated to stand for the legislature, the committees which narrow down the nominees to a single candidate per district are controlled by Communist Party members.

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