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Raúl Casatro
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Raúl Casatro

Politician · born June 3, 1931

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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz 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…

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  1. ~48Received the Order of Lenin1979
  2. 49Received the Order of the October RevolutionJune 2, 1981
  3. 70Received the Order of FriendshipJuly 19, 2001
  4. 75Became President of CubaJuly 31, 2006
  5. 76Became Prime Minister of CubaFebruary 24, 2008
  6. 79Became First Secretary of the Communist Party of CubaApril 19, 2011

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