I had to stand down because of ill health, says Fidel Castro
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, pictured left, has said his frail health forced him to delegate his powers as head of Cuba's Communist Party, suggesting that he may have resigned his last leadership post.
State-run press said yesterday he told students in a Wednesday meeting he was not with them in his role as the ruling party's First Secretary.
"I got sick and did what I had to do - delegate my powers. I cannot do something that I am not in condition to dedicate to full time," he said.
In 2006, Castro, then president, provisionally ceded power to his younger brother Raul Castro after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed intestinal ailment. He officially resigned the office in February 2008 and Raul Castro, now 79, succeeded him as president.
Castro, 84, ruled for 49 years after seizing power in 1959.
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