Chief of The Control Point
Full name: Carlos Manuel Rojas Lago
Date of birth: March 4, 1963
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the School of Journalism of the University of Havana, Cuba, 1989. Bachelor of Arts in International Political Relations from the Higher Institute of International Relations “Raúl Roa García”, Havana, Cuba, 1994.
Other studies:
He has taken several postgraduate courses on economic affairs, international politics, advertisement, marketing and journalism.
Languages: English
Professional career:
1995: Editor, ‘Prensa Latina’ News Agency.
1996: General Assistant for International Relations, Documentation Division.
1996-1998: General Assistant for International Relations at the Sub-Sahara Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1998-2000: Third Secretary, Second Chief of Mission at the Cuban Embassy in Uganda.
2000-2001: Chargé d’affaires a.i. at the Cuban Embassy in Ethiopia.
2001-2003: Second and Third Class Specialist at the Sub-Sahara Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2003-2005: Second Secretary, Second Chief of Mission at the Cuban Embassy in Nigeria.
2005: Second Secretary at the Sub-Sahara Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2005-2006: Member of the Support Group at the Office of the Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
2006: First Secretary at the Sub-Sahara Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2006-2008: Chargé d’affaires a.i. at the Cuban Embassy in Kiribati.
2008-2009: Senior Specialist of the Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia, Africa and the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2010-2014: Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Namibia.
2015: Senior Specialist at the Sub-Sahara Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2015: Second Chief of the Contingency Post of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2015-2016: Chief of the Contingency Post of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2017: Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji (resident), and concurrent to Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.
2021-to date: Chief of the Contingency Post of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Telephone number: 7 836 4620
E-mail address: pd-jturnos@minrex.gob.cu
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