Corps General Álvaro López Miera is a Cuban military and political leader and has served as the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba since 15 April 2021.

He was born in the City of Havana on December 26, 1943 into a family of progressive Republican Spaniards who escaped the Spanish Civil War.

[1] While still a child, he collaborated with the 26th of July Movement, joining at just 14 years of age the Forces of the II Eastern Front "Frank País" as a combatant during the Cuban Revolution.

In the 70s, he served in the Angolan Civil War, participating in combative actions in Catofe, Morros del Tongo, Santa Comba, Altohama, Tchipipa, Nova Lisboa, Catata, Caconda, Sa da Bandeira and Cahama.

[1] In 1987, he returned to the People's Republic of Angola, to fulfill his third internationalist mission, this time as Chief of General Troops.