On October 10, 2019 (September 12, 2019 in the lunar calendar), Diaz-Canel was elected as the first Cuban president. The Ninth National People's Power Congress of Cuba announced on the 10th that Diaz-Canel, the current President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba, was elected President of the Republic of Cuba on the same day. The Ninth National People's Power Congress of Cuba held a special meeting on the 10th. By secret ballot, Diaz-Canel was elected President of Cuba, and Valdes Mesa, the current First Vice-President of the Council of State and the First Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, was elected Vice-President of Cuba. After his election, Diaz-Canel said that Cuba's top priority at present is to focus on future development, among which national defense and economy are the top priorities. He stressed that Cuba will keep pace with the times to improve the efficiency of government management, and called on the Cuban people to unite in the face of the US blockade. Earlier in the day, the Ninth National Congress of People's Power of Cuba also elected Esteban Lasso, the current president of the National People's Congress, as the president of the National People's Congress and the president of the State Council, and Ana Maria Marie Machado, the current vice president of the National People's Congress, as the vice president of the National People's Congress and the vice president of the State Council. Homero Acosta Alvarez, the current secretary of the State Council, was elected secretary of the National People's Congress and secretary of the State Council. In addition, the General Assembly also elected 18 other members of the State Council. According to the new Cuban Constitution promulgated in April this year, Cuba has newly established the positions of President (head of state) and Prime Minister (head of government). The President is elected by the National People's Congress, and the Prime Minister is appointed by the National People's Congress after being nominated by the President. The State Council became a permanent body of the National People's Congress. The chairman of the State Council no longer serves as the head of state and government, and the chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the National People's Congress serve as the chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the State Council at the same time. Diaz-Canel was born in April 1960, joined the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2003, became the Minister of Higher Education in 2009, and was elected as the first vice-chairman of the Cuban Council of State and the first vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers in 2013. In 2018, he officially succeeded Raul Castro as President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba. Cuban President Canel.