Miguel Diaz-Canel Has Been Selected As The Next President Of Cuba

VOA: Cuba's First VP Nominated as Only Candidate for President

The Cuban government says First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel is the only candidate nominated for president, a move that guarantees he will be the communist country's first president outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly 60 years.

The nomination must be approved by the Cuban National Assembly, which has historically approved nominations.

In an unusual two-day procedure, the legislature will choose a new president on Wednesday and announce the replacement for Raul Castro on Thursday. The two-day process is a departure from the past, when the legislature has generally chosen the president and made the announcement the same day. The votes are almost always done in secrecy, in keeping with the will of the country's top leadership.

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WNU Editor: WNU predicted this leadership succession five years ago .... The Next Leader Of Cuba? (February 25, 2013). Will he reform Cuba's economic and political system and give a

better life to its people? Let me just say that I hope he keeps a promise that he made to some people that I know a few years ago.

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Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, selected as next president of Cuba -- AP
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Diaz-Canel tapped to steer Cuba through post-Castro uncertainty -- AFP
Cuba lawmakers meet to choose Raúl Castro's successor -- BBC
A Non-Castro Will Be Cuba's President for the First Time in Almost 60 Years -- TIME
Miguel Díaz-Canel unopposed in bid to replace Cuba's Castro -- UPI
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