Fidel Castro

Born: 1926-08-13 Birán, Cuba

Died: 2016-11-25

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (  born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban politician, socialist revolutionary, and former political leader of the country.  As the primary leader of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976, and then as the President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba until his resignation from the office in February 2008. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. In 2006, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Raúl ...