From Deseret News archives:
Raul Castro Ruiz
Education: Attended Roman Catholic schools; studied administration at University of Havana.
Family: Married Vilma Espin, who died June 18, 2007. Four children, numerous grandchildren.
Career: Led 4,000 men against President Fulgencio Batista; named armed forces head after the revolution in 1959, deputy prime minister in 1962 and later first vice president; named Cuba's provisional president July 31, 2006; elected president Sunday.
Source: Associated Press
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