Yanet Hernández Pérez is a Cuban politician and the current governor of La Habana Province , elected on 28 May 2023. [ 1 ] She graduated as a primary school teacher at Salvador Allende Pedagogical School , with her having a PhD in Pedagogical sciences. [ 1 ] Before politics She was a teacher and psychologist at the Solidaridad con Namibia Special School , a methodologist for special schools, a principal of a primary school, and later the municipal director of La Lisa . [ 2 ] She later served as Vice-Director and Director of the Provincial Education Directorate of La Habana Province . [ 2 ] She served as a member of an International Conference of Trade with Argentina . [ 2 ] Political career She was a member of the provincial committee of La Habana Province in the 7th and 8th legislator. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] She represented Cuba at the 7th Summit of the Americas , and helped with drafting the current 2019 Constitution of Cuba . [ 2 ] On 18 January 2020, she was elected as vice-governor of La Habana Province, along with Reinaldo García Zapata as governor, where she won 94.95 percent of the vote. [ 3 ] She was elected governor of La Habana Province on 28 May 2023, where she won 97.16 percent of the vote, with Jesús Otamendiz Campos becoming her vice-governor. [ 4 ] 1 2 3 "Yanet Hernández Pérez" . National Assembly of People’s Power . Retrieved 2025-07-29 .

1 2 3 4 5 "Yanet Hernández Pérez" . Partido Comunista de Cuba (in Spanish) . Retrieved 2025-07-29 . ↑ "Conozca los gobernadores y vicegobernadores de cada una de las provincias del país (+ Video)" . Cubadebate . 2020-01-18 . Retrieved 2025-07-29 . ↑ "Gobernadores y vicegobernadores provinciales fueron elegidos con más del 90 % de los votos válidos emitidos (+ Video)" . Granma.cu (in Spanish). 2023-05-28 . Retrieved 2025-07-29 . Governors of provinces of Cuba Members of the National Assembly of People's Power 21st-century Cuban politicians 21st-century Cuban women politicians Communist Party of Cuba politicians Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)