Manuel Marrero Cruz appointed as Cuba's first PM

President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel has appointed Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in more than 40 years.
Marrero, who has served as tourism minister for 16 years and is an architect by trade, helped boost Cuba’s economy by making tourism one of the engines of growth.
The post of prime minister was scrapped in 1976 by the then-revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Capital of Cuba: Havana.
Currency of Cuba: Cuban peso.