Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo

Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo (1943 – 24 November 2020) was a Cuban politician who served as Minister of the Interior from January 2017 until his death.

Life and career Gandarilla Bermejo was born in 1943 in Matanzas Province, Cuba.

Gandarilla Bermejo was a founder of the National Revolutionary Militia. and fought in the Angolan Civil War.

In 2015, Gandarilla Bermejo became First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, replacing Carlos Fernández Gondín, who became Minister of the Interior. In January 2017, he became Minister of the Interior, succeeding Carlos Fernández Gondín who had died earlier that month, becoming the sixth Minister of the Interior since the role was created in 1961. His two sons were also sanctioned by the US. Gandarilla Bermejo did not have a Twitter account, even though Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel said all senior leaders should have one. He was cremated without a public funeral ceremony.