By Press Association 2021
Raul Castro, right, raises the hand of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel after he was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party at the closing session of Cuban Communist Party’s 8th Congress at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba
Cuba’s Communist Party congress has chosen Miguel Diaz-Canel to be its leader, adding the crucial post to the title of president that he assumed in 2018.
In both cases, he replaces his mentor Raul Castro, 89, sealing a political dynasty that had held power since the 1959 revolution.
Mr Diaz-Canel, who turns 61 on Tuesday, is a relative youngster compared with members of the generation that accompanied Fidel Castro in his battle against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and then stayed on in power for decade after decade while cementing a Soviet-style political system.
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