Havana, February 24 (RHC)-- Compañero Ramón Castro Ruz, Labor Hero of the Republic of Cuba, passed away in Havana on Tuesday at the age of 91. 

Ramón was born in Birán, in the present province of Holguín, on October 14th, 1924. In 1953, he was imprisoned by the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship.

During the revolutionary struggle, Ramón Castro collaborated with the July 26th Movement.  He also organized one of the supply networks for the Frank País Second Eastern Front.

After the triumph of the Revolution, he undertook various responsibilities in the agricultural sector, particularly in the fields of sugarcane production and livestock. He was director of the Valle de Picadura Special Plan.

Ramon Castro also served as advisor to the ministers of Agriculture and Sugar.