Revolution Commander Ramiro Valdes and Gladys Bejerano are sitting today as newly elected Vice Presidents of the Cuban Council of States.

Valdes, also Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Information Technology and Communications, and Bejerano, who is the Republica General Comptroller, were elected on Sunday to their news posts.

On the closing day of the 4th Period of Sessions of the Parliament, the Cuban deputies also elected Marino Murillo, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Planning, and Liudmila Alamo, First Secretary of the Young Communist League, as members of the Council of States.

Also elected by secret ballot as member of that body were Isis Diez, Kirenia Diaz and Sergio Rodriguez.