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Fidel Castro

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (  born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban politician, socialist revolutionary, and former political leader of the country.  As the primary leader of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976, and then as the President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba until his resignation from the office in February 2008. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. In 2006, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Raúl Castro, who is the current President of the Councils of State and Ministers, and who previously served under Fidel as Minister of Defence from 1959 to 2008. While studying law at the University of Havana, he began his political career and became a recognized figure in Cuban politics. His political career continued with nationalist critiques of the president, Fulgencio Batista, and of the United States' political and corporate influence in Cuba. He gained an ardent, but limited, following and also drew the attention of the authorities.  He eventually led the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he was captured, tried, incarcerated, and later released. He then traveled to Mexico to organize and train for an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Batista's government, which began in December 1956. Castro subsequently came to power as a result of the Cuban Revolution, which overthrew the US-backed  dictatorship of Batista,  and shortly thereafter became Prime Minister of Cuba.  In 1965 he became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he became President of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. He also held the supreme military rank of Comandante en Jefe ("Commander in Chief") of the Cuban armed forces. Following intestinal surgery from an undisclosed digestive illness believed to have been diverticulitis,  Castro transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro, on July 31, 2006. On February 19, 2008, five days before his mandate was to expire, he announced he would neither seek nor accept a new term as either president or commander-in-chief.  On February 24, 2008, the National Assembly elected Raúl Castro to succeed him as the President of Cuba.  Castro is currently most active in commenting on world affairs, commonly in the form of his regularly published Reflections, articles offering his view on world events from US foreign policy to global warming. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 13, 1926 In Cuba
Movie/TV Credits:
50
First Appeared:
In the series The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20
Latest Project:
Movie I Am Jackie O 2020-11-26
Known For
Poster of 638 Ways to Kill Castro
Poster of The Necessary War
Poster of My Brother, Fidel
Poster of The Ed Sullivan Show
Filmography
Movie I Am Jackie O Self (archive footage) 2020-11-26
Movie Wasp Network Self (archive footage) 2020-01-29
Movie 537 Votes Self (archive footage) 2020-10-21
Movie The Irishman Self (archive footage) 2019-11-01
Movie Laboratory Greece Self (archive footage) 2019-12-08
Movie Karl Marx und seine Erben Self (archive footage) 2018-04-28
Movie Another Day of Life Himself (archive footage) 2018-10-26
Movie Elián himself 2017-04-21
Movie Nobody Himself 2017-01-13
Movie Laissez-faire Self (archive footage) 2015-01-30
Movie 7 Days in Havana Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage) 2012-04-05
Movie Castro in Winter Self 2012-02-03
Movie The Mayor 2012-08-18
Movie Memories of Overdevelopment Self (archive footage) 2011-11-26
Movie Being Fidel Castro Himself (archive footage) 2010-01-19
Movie The Kennedy Detail Self (archive footage) 2010-12-02
Movie South of the Border Self (archive footage) 2009-09-07
Movie Lejos de la isla Himself (archive footage) 2007-01-25
Movie The War on Democracy Self (archive footage) 2007-06-15
Movie RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy Self (archive footage) 2007-11-20
Movie Looking for Fidel Himself 2006-06-19
Movie 638 Ways to Kill Castro Self (archive footage) 2006-11-28
Movie The Adventures of Errol Flynn Self (archive footage) 2005-04-05
Movie I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth 2005-04-14
Movie Looking For Fidel Self 2004-04-14
Movie Salvador Allende Self (archive footage) 2004-09-08
Movie The Fog of War Self (archive footage) 2003-10-26
Movie Comandante Self 2003-02-14
Movie Cuban Rafters Himself (archive footage) 2002-04-12
Movie The Cuban Game Himself (footage) 2001-11-23
Movie The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files Self (archive footage) 1999-01-01
Movie Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy Self (archive footage) 1993-01-20
Movie JFK Self (archive footage) 1991-12-20
Movie The CIA's War Against Cuba 1987-01-11
Movie Chile: A Genral Record 1986-01-01
Movie Scarface Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983-12-09
Movie The Necessary War Himself 1980-01-01
Movie On Company Business Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage) 1980-04-14
Movie My Brother, Fidel Self 1977-01-01
Movie A Grin Without a Cat Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1977-11-23
Movie Waiting for Fidel Self 1975-11-14
Movie The Society of the Spectacle Self (archive footage) 1974-05-01
Movie General Idi Amin Dada Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 1974-05-29
Movie El Diálogo de América Él mismo 1972-06-01
Movie Topaz Self (archive footage) 1969-12-17
Movie The Hour of the Furnaces Himself (archive footage) 1968-09-08
Movie Far from Vietnam Self (segment "Fidel Castro") 1967-10-18
Movie Salut les Cubains Self (uncredited) 1963-11-26
Movie ¡Cuba Sí! Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited) 1961-12-31
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Unknown 1948-06-20
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