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Raúl Castro

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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz ( KASS-troh, Latin American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, and President of Cuba between 2008 and 2018, succeeding his brother Fidel Castro. One of the military leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. His ministerial tenure made him the longest-serving minister of the armed forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raúl Castro has received more than 6,842,350 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Raúl Castro is the 339th most popular politician (down from 299th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Cuba and the 2nd most popular Cuban Politician.

Raúl Castro is most famous for being the President of Cuba from 2008 to 2018.

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  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Castro ranks 339 out of 19,576. Before him are Qianlong Emperor, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mehmed V, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Edward VI of England. After him are Louis XVIII of France, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Juan Perón, Godfrey of Bouillon, Liu Bei, and Stepan Bandera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Raúl Castro ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Rajneesh, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and Toni Morrison. After him are Mário Zagallo, James Dean, Tomas Tranströmer, Irvin D. Yalom, Isabel Martínez de Perón, and Raymond Kopa.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Raúl Castro ranks 2 out of 300. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Alberto Korda (1928), Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), and Compay Segundo (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Raúl Castro ranks 2. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Sergio Oliva (1941), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Gerardo Machado (1871), Juanita Castro (1933), and Aleida March (1936).

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