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Fidel Castro

Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)

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Also known as Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

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Occupation: politician, lawyer, partisan, journalist
Position held: President of Cuba, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Prime Minister of Cuba, Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
Citizenship: Cuba
Born: August 13, 1926
Died: November 25, 2016

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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

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