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Fidel Castro

1926 - 2016

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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 the prime minister of Cuba 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. Born in Birán, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fidel Castro is the 111th most popular politician (down from 69th in 2019), the most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Politician.

Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2006. He is most famous for being the leader of Cuba and for being a communist.

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Among politicians, Fidel Castro ranks 111 out of 19,576. Before him are Julian, Saddam Hussein, Akhenaten, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, and Edward V of England. After him are Trajan, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Selim II, Frederick the Great, Francisco Franco, and Justinian I.

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Among people born in 1926, Fidel Castro ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth II, and Marilyn Monroe. After him are Michel Foucault, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ingvar Kamprad, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Dario Fo, and Ben Roy Mottelson. Among people deceased in 2016, Fidel Castro ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad Ali. After him are Johan Cruyff, Umberto Eco, Bhumibol Adulyadej, John Glenn, Bud Spencer, Shimon Peres, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Debbie Reynolds, and Alan Rickman.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Fidel Castro ranks 1 out of 300. After him are Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Alberto Korda (1928), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Andy García (1956), and Gloria Estefan (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Fidel Castro ranks 1. After him are Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Emilio Mola (1887), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), and Aleida March (1936).

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