Castro

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He was the leader of the Cuban Revolution that overthrew the authoritarian government of Fulgencio Batista, and his socialist policies and close ties with the Soviet Union had a lasting impact on Cuba's politics and economy.