Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez


Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez is a Cuban politician and has been the Cuban Minister of Finances and Prices since 2009. She was appointed after 2009 shake-up by Raúl Castro.

Education and career

Pedraza has a bachelor's degree in economic control. She served in Villa Clara, in the banking sector and at the Ministry of Finance and Prices. She was minister of Audits and Control from 2001 to 2006, when she was promoted to member of the Secretariat and Head of the Economics Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. She is also a deputy at the National Assembly of Popular Power.