José Miguel Miyar Barruecos

José Miguel Miyar Barruecos
Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment
In office
March 2009 – March 2012
Succeeded byElba Rosa Pérez Montoya
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of Cuba
ProfessionMedical doctor

Dr. José Miguel Miyar Barruecos (born 3 August 1932, in Siboney) is a Cuban politician and the Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment from 2009 to March 2012.[1][2]

Biography

Dr. Miyar was a member in the Cuban Revolutionary Forces. He is a medical doctor. He was the Director of the Cuban Rural Medical Service. He was Secretary to the Council of State from 1980 to 2009. Dr. Miyar was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Popular Power and a Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba until 2013.[3]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Article Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine on Granma
  2. ^ The Miami Herald, Cuban Economy: Purge Aims to Halt Cuba's Economic Free Fall, Sunday 8 March 2009, Page 1A.
  3. ^ "Cuba removes Ricardo Alarcon from top Communist body". 3 July 2013 – via BBC.


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