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Fidel Castro
vsentertainment · Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011 · politician
Barack Obama
politics · President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 · politician
Public office comparison
Level on all 3 scored measures — not enough collected to separate these two.
Only things won are scored. Grey rows are context.
Time in public office
- 52 yrsYears in officeOverlapping terms counted once20 yrs
- 4Offices held4
- 50 yrsLongest single term8 yrs
- 1959In office since1997
- Communist Party of Cuba, Party of the Cuban People – Orthodox, 26th of July Movement, Integrated Revolutionary Organizations, United Party of the Cuban Socialist RevolutionPartyDemocratic Party
Recognition
- 9Prizes and honours wonExcludes state orders and honorary degrees18
- 29State ordersOften exchanged between states — not scored2
- 1Honorary doctorates3
Same awards
Awards both have received at least once.
- 29State order2
- 1Honorary doctorate3
Profile
- 90Age65
- 13 August 1926Born4 August 1961
- BiránBirthplaceKapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- CubaNationalityUnited States
- politician, lawyer, partisanKnown aspolitician, lawyer, political writer
- 69 yrsCareer span55 yrs
Coverage on ChronoCite
How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.
- 156Entries197
- 37Quotes30
- 107Records155
- 12Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating12
- 2026Newest entry2026
Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.