Miguel-Diaz-Canel was elected President of the Republic of Cuba this Thursday, by absolute majority of National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, Cuban Parliament) members, in a free, direct and secret vote, during the Fourth Extraordinary Session of this legislative body. 
The President of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), Esteban Lazo, today expressed the willingness of Council of State members to comply with and enforce the country's new Constitution and laws. 
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, attend today the fourth special session of the ninth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP). 
Today, October 10, will be another memorable day for the homeland. Maintaining the historical continuity of the Cuban Revolution, initiated 151 years ago in La Demajagua, the Republic of Cuba’s Council of State Council will be elected during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power, as stipulated in the second transitory provision of the new Constitution. 