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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Fidel Castro

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Fidel Castro
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: August 13
Died: 2016
Died: November 25
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
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