Hey, FDR was only elected four times.
Fidel Castro "re-elected" to sixth term as Cuban president
Associated Press | March 6, 2003 | ANITA SNOW
HAVANA, Mar 06, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- President Fidel Castro, the world's longest ruling head of government, was elected Thursday to a sixth term as Cuba's "Maximum Leader."
"I promise that I will be with you, if you so wish, for as long as I feel that I can be useful - and if it is not decided by nature before," the 76-year-old Castro said in a rare reference to his advancing age and mortality. "Not a minute less and not a second more.
"Now I understand that it was not my destiny to rest at the end of my life," added Castro, who keeps a busy schedule.
Castro, now in power for 44 years, holds the title of President of the Council of State, this communist-run island's supreme governing body. The sole presidential candidate in Thursday's vote, Castro wore a dark suit and tie rather than his typical olive green military uniform. |
