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Raúl Castro | |
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| Born | 3 June 1931 (age 92) Birán, Cuba |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism |
| Political party | Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) |
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban Marxist–Leninist revolutionary and politician, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) from 2011 until 2021, and as President of Cuba from 2008 until 2018. Born in Birán, Castro, along with his brother Fidel, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos, Juan Almeida Bosque and others, formed the 26th of July Movement, which overthrew Cuba's dictator Fulgencio Batista and established a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Castro was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba for 56 years, from 1965 until 2021. Castro retired from politics in 2021 and Miguel Díaz-Canel has since taken over many of Castro's previous positions.