Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( audio) (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) wis a Cuban revolutionary an politeecian. He wis the Prime Meenister o Cuba frae 1959 tae 1976. He wis the Preses o Cuba frae 1976 tae 2008.
Fidel Castro | |
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Castro in a veesit tae the Unitit States in 1959 | |
Preses o Cuba | |
In office December 2, 1976 – February 24, 2008 | |
Precedit bi | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado |
Succeedit bi | Raúl Castro |
First Secretar o the Communist Pairty o Cuba | |
In office July 1961 – 19 April 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 August 1926 Birán, Oriente Province, Cuba |
Dee'd | 25 November 2016 Havana, Cuba | (aged 90)
Spoose(s) | Mirta Diaz-Balart (m. 1948-1955) Dalia Soto del Valle (m. 1980-present) |
Relations | Ángel Castro y Argiz (father) Ramón Castro Ruz (brother) Raúl Castro (brother) Juanita Castro (sister) |
Bairns | 9, including Alina Fernández |