Now that Raul Castro has officially said he will step down when he completes his final term as President of Cuba five years from now, we’re getting an idea of who may be in charge at the end of the decade.

Castro’s announcement had been widely expected after he hinted at it during a meeting with Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week.  When it does finally happen, it would be the end of more than 50 years of rule over Cuba by the Castro brothers.

At 81, Raul is the younger of the Castro brothers.  He named 52-year old Miguel Diaz-Canel as is first vice president.  Diaz-Canel is an engineer and former education official.  But most importantly, he’s not in his 80s and is the first major appointment of someone who was not part of the 1959 revolution that ousted the corrupt and violent U.S.-backed regime.

It is expected that Diaz-Canel will continue the modernizations began by Raul, which will include a modicum of free enterprise in the form of real estate transactions, and greater travel rights for the Cuban people.

86-year old Fidel Castro himself attended the Parliamentary session where all of the changes were announced.