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Raúl Castro

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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz ( KASS-troh; Latin American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, and President of Cuba between 2008 and 2018, succeeding his brother Fidel Castro. One of the military leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. His ministerial tenure made him the longest-serving minister of the armed forces. Castro was also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba, the highest decision-making body, from 1965 until 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 96 in 2024). Raúl Castro is the 386th most popular politician (down from 339th in 2024), the 2nd most popular biography from Cuba and the 2nd most popular Cuban Politician.

Raúl Castro is most famous for being the President of Cuba from 2008 to 2018.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Castro ranks 386 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles the Bald, Muawiyah I, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Viktor Yanukovych, Artaxerxes II of Persia, and Klemens von Metternich. After him are Yitzhak Rabin, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Rudolf Höss, Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter III of Russia, and Charles I of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Raúl Castro ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Rajneesh, Toni Morrison, and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. After him are Tomas Tranströmer, James Dean, Chun Doo-hwan, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Mário Zagallo, and Robert Duvall.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Raúl Castro ranks 2 out of 300. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are 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, Raúl Castro ranks 2. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are 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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