2019 in Cuba

Events in the year 2019 in Cuba.

Incumbents

 * First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro
 * Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: José Ramón Machado Ventura
 * President: Miguel Díaz-Canel
 * First Vice President: Salvador Valdés Mesa
 * Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz

January

 * January 2 – The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in the capital of Havana.
 * January 27 – A rare EF4 tornado makes landfall in Havana, killing at least three and causing severe damage.

February

 * February 24 – The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum took place.

March

 * March 24–27 – President Díaz-Canel hosted the Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to the capital as the first members of the British royal family to visit the island.

April

 * April 10 – The new Constitution of Cuba came into force.

December

 * December 21 – Manuel Marrero Cruz assumes office as the 19th Prime Minister of Cuba, becoming the first person to hold the office after the post was reestablished by the 2019 Constitution.

Deaths

 * January 6 – José Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Council of Ministers (b. 1923)
 * January 14 – Bernardo Benes, Jewish civic leader (b. 1934)
 * February 20 – Chelo Alonso, actress (b. 1933)
 * July 20 – Roberto Fernández Retamar, poet (b. 1930)
 * July 26 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, cardinal (b. 1936)
 * April 21 – Amelia Vargas, actress and dancer (b. 1928)
 * August 26 – Isabel Toledo, Cuban-American fashion designer (b. 1960)
 * September 9 – Dulce García, Olympic javelin thrower (b. 1968)
 * October 17 – Alicia Alonso, ballerina (b. 1920)
 * November 20 – Bertha Díaz, Olympic sprinter (b. 1936)
 * December 5 – Faure Chomón, politician (b. 1929)
 * December 29 – Harry Villegas, communist revolutionary (b. 1940)