Summary
Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April 2018 straight after his successor is chosen by a top governing council, according to a vote Thursday in the island state's National Assembly.
The decision means Castro, 86, will stay on two months longer than previously anticipated.
Cuba's president is designated by a 31-member body called the Council of State.
Castro, who officially became president in 2008 after serving as interim leader for two years, had already announced he would not be seeking a new mandate.
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