Cuba's Communist Party has named President Miguel Diaz-Canel as its new first secretary after Raul Castro announced his retirement.
Diaz-Canel will hold the most powerful position in the country, according to a D.W. report. The 60-year-old Diaz-Canel follows the leadership of brothers Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, who ruled Cuba for six long decades.
Miguel Diaz-Canel also represents the first leader to be born after a Cuban revolution that ousted the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Bautista.
The president's selection as the first secretary of the Communist Party came as no surprise. Diaz-Canel is expected to continue with the one-party political system and socialist policies.