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Oficial Note

ACTING on a proposal from the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Council of State has agreed to make the following movement of cadres:

ONE: To appoint Ulises Rosales del Toro, member of the Political Bureau and current minister of the sugar industry (MINAZ), to the post of minister of agriculture, in view of his ample leadership experience and political authority, as well as the need to promote agricultural production, a strategic activity in the country.

TWO: To release from the post of the first deputy minister of agriculture María del Carmen Pérez Hernández who, in that position, was acting minister of the Ministry. María Carmen’s efforts in her work were acknowledged.

THREE: To promote Luis Manuel Avila González, first deputy minister of the sugar industry, an agronomy expert with 38-plus years in this sector, to the post of minister of the sugar industry.

Avila Gómez has progressed through various posts from the base to director of an agribusiness complex, MINAZ delegate in one province and deputy minister.

It has also been agreed that non-sugar cane agricultural activities are to be transferred from the Ministry of the Sugar Industry to that of Agriculture, within a period of six months.

CUBA, November 26, 2008.

(Cubaminrex- Granma)