On April 19, 2018, the Republic of Cuba swore in former university professor Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez as its new president and the 9th Congress of the National Assembly of People’s Power—the country’s supreme body of government power—elected a new Council of State. 
Tarehe 19 Aprili, 2018, Jamhuri ya Cuba ilimuapisha Profesa wa zamani wa Chuo kikuu Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez kama Rais wake mpya na bunge la 9 la taifa ambalo —ndiyo chombo cha juu chenye nguvu serikalini —lilichagua Halmashauri mpya ya taifa.