Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

The Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba) is the highest decision-making body of the Cuban party-state.

Convocations

Congress	Duration (start—end)	Delegates	CC elected	Central Report (presented by)	Charter (amendments)	PMR
1st Congress 6 days 1975 election	17 December – 22 December 1975	3,116	? FM – 14 AM	Fidel Castro	Adopted	—
2nd Congress 4 days 1979–1980 election	17 December – 20 December 1980	1,780	148 FM – ? CM	Fidel Castro	Amendment	—
3rd Congress 4 days 1985–1986 election	4 February – 7 February 1986	1,784	146 FM – 79 AM	Fidel Castro	Amendment	—
4th Congress 5 days 1990–1991 election	10 October – 14 October 1991	1,772	225	Fidel Castro	Amendment	—
5th Congress 4 days 1996–1997 election	8 October – 10 October 1997	1,500	150	Fidel Castro	Amendment	—
6th Congress 4 days 2010–2011 election	16 April – 19 April 2011	997	115	Raúl Castro	Amendment	800,000
7th Congress 4 days 2015–2016 election	16 April – 19 April 2016	995	142	Raúl Castro	—	670,000

The Eighth Congress is scheduled to take place 16 to 19 April 2021.[1]

References

General

Information on congresses, number of delegates, number of people elected to CCs, party membership, the individual who presented the Political Report and information on when the congress was convened can be found in these sources:

• "Estatutos del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [Statute of the Communist Party of Cuba] (PDF) (in Spanish). 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "I Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [I Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "II Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [II Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "III Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [III Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "IV Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [IV Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "V Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [V Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
• "VI Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba" [VI Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba] (in Spanish). Communist Party of Cuba. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

Bibliography

Articles and journals:

Specific

1. http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2019-12-20/led-by-raul-the-11th-plenum-of-the-communist-party-central-committee-held