Alternative History
Fidel Castro 1977
Castro in 1977, one year before the regime's end
5th Chairman of the Confederation of American Socialist States
In office
May 9, 1970 – April 26, 1978
Preceded byWalter Reuther
Succeeded byJimmy Carter (CS President)
Governor of Cuba
In office
1959–1970
Personal details
Born August 13, 1926
Birán, Oriente, Cuba, C.S.
Died November 25, 2016 (aged 90)
Havana, La Habana, Cuba, C.S.
Political party Popular Front
Spouse(s) Mirta Díaz-Balart (m. 1948; div. 1955)

Dalia Soto del Valle (m. 1980)

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was the fifth and last Chairman of the Socialist Confederacy, serving from 1970 until the regime's dissolution in 1978. He previously served as Governor of Cuba from 1959 to 1970. Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana.