Raul Castro
1931 – ? Cuban President of Cuba and head of the armed forces
Fidel's brother who commanded the army and succeeded him as Cuba's leader.
- Religion
- Raised Catholic, became a Marxist-Leninist aligned with Cuba's official secular-atheist stance.
- Affiliations
- Communist Party of Cuba; longtime defense minister. No occult ties.
Raul Castro fought in the revolution and ran Cuba's armed forces for decades as his brother's designated successor. He took over as president in 2008 and introduced limited economic reforms and a thaw with the United States. He remained the leading figure of the party into his later years.
Connections
- ally of Che Guevara — Fellow commander in the revolutionary war.
- family of Fidel Castro — His brother, comrade and eventual successor.
- family of Fidel Castro — His brother, whom he succeeded as Cuba's leader.