Diaz-Canel’s election is seen in many ways as the “passing of the torch” to the new generation. (He is nearly 30 years younger than the outgoing president, Raul Castro.) He represents an age group of people who were not alive yet when Cuba’s Communist Revolution took place. When he was young, Diaz-Canel had long hair and enjoyed listening to rock music. He even supported an LGBT-friendly cultural center. In later years, however, he became a longtime Communist Party supporter. As a provincial leader and then first vice president, he was the right-hand man to the Castros and a natural choice for their successor.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/603844675/cubas-new-president
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