Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April after an election to choose his successor.   

He was supposed to resign in February but Cuba’s National Assembly today voted to push back the election due to disruption caused by a hurricane in September.  

The vote will now take place on April 19 after which Castro, 86, will hand over power to the president-elect.

Castro, who officially replaced his ailing brother Fidel as president in 2008, has repeatedly said senior leaders should hold office for no more than two five-year terms.