Adel Yzquierdo


Adel Onofre Yzquierdo Rodríguez is a Cuban politician and engineer.

Early life

Yzquierdo Rodríguez studied at the V.V. Kuybyshev Institute of Civil Engineering in Moscow.
He has held several positions in the Council of Ministers:
Minister of Economy and Planning from 2011 to 2014; First Vice-Minister of Economy and Planning from 26 September 2014 to 9 September 2015; and Minister of Transport from 9 September 2015 to date.
Yzquierdo was appointed Vice-President of the Council of Ministers on 20 February 2012.
On 18 April 2019, he was elected to the National Assembly of People's Power, representing the municipality of Playa in Havana.