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Cuba sees first cabinet change with Raul Castro at helm
Friday, September 1, 2006
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): In the first cabinet change since Raul Castro, 75, took communist Cuba's interim presidency a month ago, a seasoned 74-year-old was named Thursday as new communications chief.
The Council of State led by Castro -- who replaced his brother, ailing 80-year-old Fidel Castro, at Cuba's helm as he recovers from intestinal surgery -- announced that Ramiro Valdez would replace Ignacio Gonzalez Plana as minister for computers and communications.
The politburo of the Cuban Communist Party recommended the appointment approved by the 31-member council, an official statement said.
Fidel Castro stunned Cubans when he announced in a statement on July 31 that he was recovering from intestinal surgery and had temporarily ceded power to Raul, his constitutionally designated successor and the Caribbean nation's defense minister, for the first time in 48 years.
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