Fidel Castro served as Cuban dictator for 49 years, since he led a band of guerrillas to overthrow the government in 1959. Castro started the revolution in early 1958, he assumed power on 1 January 1959.
Fidel Castro was the Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then served as President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers from 1976 to 2008. This makes a total of almost 49 years in power.
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Yes, Fidel Castro was the president of Cuba from 1976 December 2 to 2008 February 24.
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 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.
His brother is the acting president and his name is Raul Castro. Fidel just had his 90th birthday.
Raúl Castro was the President of Cuba in 2009. Raúl Castro has been President since 2008 February 24, Acting President as of 2006 July 31. The younger brother of Fidel Castro, Raúl was Fidel's right-hand man during the Cuban revolution.
Raúl Castro, brother of former president Fidel Castro, is now the president of the Republic of Cuba.
Che Guevara went in under Fidel Castro and helped the Cuban Revolution. They got an American president out and Fidel Castro became president.
Fidel Castro's brother is Ra
Fulgencio Batista .
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.