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El Comandante Fidel Castro | |
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 Portrait of comrade Fidel | |
| Born | Fidel Hipólito Castro Ruz August 13, 1926 Birán, Cuba |
| Died | November 25, 2016 (aged 90) Havana, Cuba |
| Cause of death | Natural Causes |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism |
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13th, 1926 — November 25th, 2016) was a Cuban Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and a leader of the Cuban Revolution, alongside Che Guevara. He served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011.