page_title: Records of heads of state
section_title: Longest-serving male non-royal head of state
hierarchical_section_title: Records of heads of state / Longest-reigning/serving / Republic / Longest-serving male non-royal head of state
caption_attribution_description: English: Fidel Castro arrives MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: Heads of state throughout the world and at all periods of history may be ranked according to characteristics such as length of time holding that position; age of accession or death; or physical attributes. In this way world records in these characteristics may be identified, although the historical basis for such claims is frequently uncertain.
context_section_description: The longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries was Fidel Castro, who held the titles of Prime Minister of Cuba, First Secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Party for the Socialist Revolution of Cuba, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Council of State, and President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba. He served overall for 52 years, 2 months, and 3 days but was only head of state per se from 1976 to 2008 (31 years, 2 months and 22 days).
caption: Fidel Castro
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