Raúl es, de conjunto con su hermano Fidel Castro, uno de los líderes de la Revolución cubana.
Es, desde abril de 2011, el primer secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba, sustituyendo también a su hermano Fidel en dicho cargo.
Es actual presidente del Consejo de Estado de Cuba y del Consejo de Ministros, por tanto, presidente de Cuba desde el 24 de febrero de 2008, aunque desempeñaba el cargo de manera interina desde el 31 de julio de 2006. Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz es un militar y político cubano, hermano menor y colaborador de Fidel Castro. He is expected to retain his position as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. He announced on state television on 21 December 2017 that he will step down as Cuban president on 19 April 2018 after his successor is elected by the National Assembly following the parliamentary elections. Shortly thereafter, Castro announced that his second term would be his final term, and that he would not seek re-election in 2018. Castro was officially made President by the National Assembly on 24 February 2008, after Fidel Castro, who was still ailing, announced he would not stand for President again on 19 February 2008.Ĭastro was re-elected President on 24 February 2013. As a consequence of predecessors' illness, Castro was designated the President of the Council of State in a temporary transfer of power. His ministerial tenure made him the longest serving minister of the armed forces. Previous to being appointed Acting President of Cuba in July 2006, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. In 2011, he was appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the 18th President of Cuba succeeding his brother Fidel Castro in February 2008.
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