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Fidel Castro
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Fidel Castro |
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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba |
In office
October 3, 1965 – April 19, 2011|
Deputy | Raúl Castro |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Raúl Castro |
President of Cuba |
In office
December 2, 1976 – February 24, 2008 |
Deputy | Raúl Castro |
Preceded by | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado |
Succeeded by | Raúl Castro |
Prime Minister of Cuba |
In office
February 16, 1959 – December 2, 1976 |
President | Manuel Urrutia Lleó
OsvaldoDorticós Torrado |
Preceded by | José Miró Cardona |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
7th and 23rd Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement |
In office
September 16, 2006 – February 24, 2008 |
Preceded by | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Succeeded by | Raúl Castro |
In office
September 10, 1979 – March 6, 1983 |
Preceded by | Junius Richard Jayawardene |
Succeeded by | Neelam SanjivaReddy |
Personal details |
Born | August 13, 1926 (1926-08-13) (age 84)
Birán, Cuba |
Political party | Communist Party of Cuba |
Spouse(s) | Mirta Diaz-Balart (1948–1955)
Dalia Soto del Valle (1980–present) |
Relations | (siblings)
Raúl Castro
Enma Castro
Agustina Castro
Ramon Castro Ruz
Angelita Castro |
Children | Fidel Ángel Castro Diaz-Balart
Alina Fernandez-RevueltaAlexis Castro-Soto
Alejandro Castro-Soto
Antonio Castro-Soto
Angel Castro-Soto
Alex Castro-Soto
Jorge Angel Castro
Francisca Pupo |
Alma mater | University of Havana |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | None (Self-described as Secular; formerly Atheist) |
Signature | |
*Acting presidential powers were transferred to Raúl Castro from July 31, 2006. |
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz(Spanish: [fiˈðel ˈkastro]; born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, under his administration Cuba was converted into a one-partysocialist state, with industry being nationalised.
Born the illegitimate son of a wealthy farmer, Castro became involved in leftist and anti-imperialist politics whilst studying law at the University of Havana. Subsequently involving himself in several armed rebellions against rightist governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he went on to conclude that the US-backed Cuban PresidentFulgencio Batista, who was widely seen as a dictator, had to be overthrown. To this end he led an armed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953, but this failed and he was imprisoned. Getting out of prison after a year, he travelled to Mexico, where he assembled a group of Cuban revolutionaries, the July 26 Movement, with the aid of his brother Raúl Castro and friend Che Guevara. Returning to Cuba, hetook a key role in the Cuban Revolution, leading a successful guerilla war against Batista's forces, with Batista himself fleeing into exile in 1959.
Castro subsequently came to power and shortly thereafter became Prime Minister of Cuba.[1] In 1965 he became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he becamePresident of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. He also held the supreme military rank of Comandante en Jefe ("Commander in Chief") of the Cuban armed forces. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Castro led Cuba into its economic "Special Period" during the 1990s, before then taking the country into economic and political alliances with other nations in the...