Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

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🇨🇺Cuba
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz 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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Lifespan
1926 – 2016
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Background

Born in
Birán
Educated at
University of HavanaBelen Jesuit Preparatory School
Awards
🏆 Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella🏆 Order of the Crown of the Realm🏆 Hero of the Soviet Union🏆 Order of Lenin🏆 Lenin Peace Prize

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