Fidel Castro

Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)

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Lived 1926–2016, aged 90

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1926–2016
Aged 90

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Updated 2026-05-29

Led Cuba as a communist state for nearly 50 years, turning the island into a Cold War flashpoint. His revolution, beard, and standoffs with the US made him one of the 20th century's most visible political figures.

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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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