Fidel Castro

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 180
Gender: Male
Born: August 13, 1926
Died: November 25, 2016
Place of birth: Birán, Cuba
Also known as: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

Biography

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. 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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