Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (
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Quick Facts Preses o Cuba, Precedit bi ...
Fidel Castro |
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 Castro in a veesit tae the Unitit States in 1959 |
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| Preses o Cuba |
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In office
December 2, 1976 – February 24, 2008 |
| Precedit bi | Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado |
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| Succeedit bi | Raúl Castro |
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| First Secretar o the Communist Pairty o Cuba |
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In office
July 1961 – 19 April 2011 |
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| Personal details |
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| Born | 13 August 1926(1926-08-13)
Birán, Oriente Province, Cuba |
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| Dee'd | 25 November 2016(2016-11-25) (aged 90)
Havana, Cuba |
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| Spoose(s) | Mirta Diaz-Balart (m. 1948-1955)
Dalia Soto del Valle (m. 1980-present) |
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| Relations | Ángel Castro y Argiz (father)
Ramón Castro Ruz (brother)
Raúl Castro (brother)
Juanita Castro (sister) |
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| Bairns | 9, including Alina Fernández |
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