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Person

Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary leader; Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–1976).

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Dates
13 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2016
Place
Cuba
Also known as
Fidel Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Over time
  1. Life 13 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2016
  2. head of Cuba (Prime Minister) 16 Feb 1959 – 2 Dec 1976

Fidel Castro led Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959. In July 1962 he agreed with Nikita Khrushchev to the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles on the island, which became the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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  • Cuba 16 Feb 1959 – 2 Dec 1976 Prime Minister Primary record 1

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 13 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2016 Fidel Castro
  2. 16 Feb 1959 – 2 Dec 1976 Fidel Castro head of Cuba
Proof 2 sources
  1. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Castro Ruz, Fidel, Prime Minister of Cuba
  2. The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    in July 1962 Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev reached a secret agreement with Cuban premier Fidel Castro to place Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter any future invasion attempt.
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