Cuba
National Assembly of the People's Power
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Juan Esteban
Lazo Hernández
(Male)
Year of birth
1944
Additional information
Elected on 24 Feb. 2013, re-elected on 18 Apr. 2018 and on 19 Apr. 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Homero
Acosta Alvarez
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 10 Oct. 2019, re-elected on 19 Apr. 2023.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
95
Oldest member
Guillermo García Frías (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
91 and over
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 1 | 36 | 130 | 66 | 77 | 121 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
Total <= 45: 233 | Total >= 46: 237 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 17 | 43 | 23 | 30 | 65 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 208 |
Female | 1 | 19 | 87 | 43 | 47 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 262 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1934
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1934
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1940
Notes