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Born: 3 June 1931 · Age: 95
Raúl Castro is 95 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 3 June 1931.
Cuban revolutionary who succeeded his brother Fidel as president in 2008 and restored relations with the United States
Did you know?He played a key role in the Cuban Revolution and served as the world's longest-tenured minister of defence.
Raúl Castro stood beside his older brother Fidel for six decades. He joined the 1953 attack on the Moncada barracks and fought in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. After the revolution he ran Cuba's armed forces for nearly 50 years. He took over as president when Fidel fell ill in 2006, officially from 2008. He cautiously allowed small private businesses and the sale of homes and cars. In 2015 he restored diplomatic relations with the United States. He stepped down as party leader in 2021.
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician, general, and revolutionary 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;…
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Cuban revolutionary, born 1931
Raúl Castro was born in Birán on 3 June 1931.
He joined the Moncada attack in 1953.
He became president in 2008.
He stepped down as party leader in 2021.
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Did you know?He was Cuba's defence minister for nearly 50 years.
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