Question: Recently Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader of Cuba passed away, In which of the following tenure he served as president of Cuba?
(a) From 1975 to 2009
(b) From 1976 to 2008
(c) From 1976 to 2006
(d) From 1998 to 2004
Ans: (b)
Reference:
- On 25 November 2016; Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader of Cuba, died. He was 90.
- Fidel Castro governed Cuba as its Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976.
- Castro also served the country as its President from 1976 to 2008.
- He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. He held the post from 1961 to 2011.
- Fidel Castro holds the Guinness Book of Records title for the longest speech ever delivered at the United Nations, lasting 4 hours and 29 minutes on 29 September 1960.
- Earlier his longest speech on record in Cuba was 7 hours and 10 minutes in 1986 at the III Communist Party Congress in Havana.
Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/fidel-castro-cuba-revolutionary-icon-dies