Raúl Castro

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born June 3, 1931) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 2011 to 2021 and former head of state of Cuba. He was also Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) from 1965 to 2011, Commander in Chief (Maximum General) of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and is the younger brother of Fidel Castro.

On February 24, 2013, Castro announced that his second term would be his final term and that he would not seek re-election in 2018. He officially stepped down on 19 April 2018.

Between 2014 and 2016, Castro would work with President Barack Obama on improving diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. As a result, the U.S. embargo on Cuba would be lifted and travel/trade restrictions would be lifted as well.

Castro announced at the Eighth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which began on the 16 April, 2021, that he was stepping down as leader of the Communist Party of Cuba.

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