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Who succeeded Fidel Castro as Cuba’s president in 2008?
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Raúl Castro, the younger brother of Fidel Castro, succeeded him as the president of Cuba in 2008.12
Fidel Castro had provisionally handed over power to Raúl in July 2006 due to health issues and officially announced in February 2008 that he would not accept another term as president. Raúl Castro served as president until 2018, when he was succeeded by Miguel Díaz-Canel.134