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Fidel Castro

Castro Resigned From The Communist Party Central Committee

Tuesday Apr 19, 2011
Havana, Cuba

On 19 April 2011, Castro resigned from the Communist Party central committee, thus stepping down as party leader. Raúl was selected as his successor. Now without any official role in the country's government, he took on the role of an elder statesman.


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