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Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
( ; born August 13, 1926), commonly known as
Fidel Castro
, is a
Cuban
politician
and
revolutionary
who governed the
Republic of Cuba
as its
Prime Minister
from 1959 to 1976 and then its
President
from 1976 to 2008. Politically a
Marxist–Leninist
and
Cuban nationalist
, he also served as the
First Secretary
of the
Communist Party of Cuba
from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration Cuba became a
one-party
communist state
; industry and business were
nationalized
, and
state socialist
reforms were implemented throughout society. Internationally, Castro was the Secretary-General of the
Non-Aligned Movement
from 1979 to 1983 and from 2006 to 2008.
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