Fidel Alejandro Castro31 January 1976
Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state
Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state
This constitution was replaced by a new Socialist Constitution, which claims to be guided by the ideas of Jose Marti, and the political ideas of Marx, Engels and Lenin. Ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) to be the "leading force of society and of the state"
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