Castro announced on 19 Feb 2008 that he would not accept the presidential nomination and that he was stepping down as president. He had transfered power to his brother Raul Castro 19 months ago, at the time of his surgery. Castro is now 81 years old and in poor health.
He is Fidel CASTRO
Yes, Fidel Castro was the president of Cuba from 1976 December 2 to 2008 February 24.
Raúl Castro, brother of former president Fidel Castro, is now the president of the Republic of Cuba.
No. As of 2008, February 24, Fidel Castro retired as the Cuban President. Raul Castro has assumed the vacant position pending political elections in the coming months. Fulgencio Batista preceded Fidel Castro as Cuba's leader.
Fidel Castro is president (if he has not given up due to ill health), but there is no king.
Fidel Castro officially stepped down as President of Cuba in 2008. His brother Raul Castro had been Acting President since 2006, and was given full Presidential status after Castro's resignation.
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Cuba does not have a "prime minister" as such. The official position of Prime Minister was abolished in 1976, and replaced by the position of "President of the Council of Ministers." The last prime minister was Fidel Castro, who assumed the new position. The current council president is his brother, Raúl Castro, who is concurrently the First Secretary of the Communist Party in Cuba.
No, Fidel Castro is from Cuba.
Castro was a lawyer before becoming the dictator of Cuba, he later became the president of Cuba.
Fidel Castro seized Cuba with his rebelds.
The president of Cuba is currently Fidel Castro. Fidel is now sick and has turned to his brother Raul Castro for help. In this very moment Fidel is guiding Raul on what to do!! Think of Raul as the vice president. P.S. Fidel has led a dictatorship for at least ten years or more! What we can find here in America is usually unreachable to Cubans. Cuba has disrupted and . destroyed little by little thanks to Fidel :(