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Renowned journalist Ricardo Ronquillo Bello, current deputy editor of the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, was elected this afternoon as the new president of the Union of Cuban Journalists, at the last session of the X Congress of Professional organization, reports Cubaperiodistas. Ronquillo was elected to lead the organization over the next five years with 143 votes of delegates attending Congress. As first vice president, the current vice president of the organization, Rosa Miriam Elizalde, was elected and the other vice presidents are Jorge Legañoa, current deputy director of the Cuban agency and Ariel Terrero, director of the José Marti International Institute of Journalism. Arleen Rodríguez Derivet, Ana Teresa Badía, Minoska Cadalso, Angelica Paredes and Raúl Garcés

Similarly, during the session, members of the presidency are non -professionals. The members of the Appeals Committee, composed of Heriberto Rosabal, Arleen Rodríguez, Noel Otaño, Rosa María Godoy and Lázaro Manuel Alonso, introduced themselves

The Ethics Committee is composed of Luis Sexto Sánchez, Katia Siberia, Juvenal Balán, Irma Shelton, Alina Cabrera, Joel García and Eduardo Yasell

The jury to choose the National Journalism Awards is composed of Julio Acanda, Ab Falcón, Jose Alejandro Rodriguez, Ricardo Ronquillo, Ana Teresa Badia, Abdiel Bermudez , Ariel Terrero, Perfecto Romero, Maribel Acosta, Elson Concepcion, Hugo Rius, Juana Carrasco, Demetrio Villaurrutia, Alberto Ajón, Reynaldo Cedeño and Adán Iglesias Toledo. ] Miguel Mario Diaz Canel Photo: Endrys Correa Vaillant