The Cuban president Raul Castro announced that he would retire after his second term ends in 2018.
Castro made the announcement on Sunday during a speech broadcast nationally, saying, "this will be my last term".
The announcement came after the Cuban National Assembly elected him to a second five year term at the opening of the new parliament.
Castro will be 86 years old in 2018.
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