Director General
Full name: Juan Antonio Quintanilla Román
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Secretariat
Phone Number: 7 832 1871 and 7 836 4240
Email: dgamdi@minrex.gob.cu
Deputy Director General
Director
Full name: Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal
Date of birth: 06/05/1967
Education: Bachelor of International Economic Relations
Foreign Language Skills: English
Additional education: Postgraduate course on Economic Partnerships, Seminar on Foreign Investment, Consular Course, Accounting Course, Postgraduate course on Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements. Course on Tools for the Control and Prevention in the Fight against Corruption: The Cuban Experience. Course: Introduction to the World Trade Organization. International Seminar: The Global Financial Crisis.
Career history:
1991-1993 CECE, Economic Collaboration Technician
1993-1994 Diplomatic Attaché, Cuban Mission to the UN
1994-1997 Third Secretary, Embassy of Cuba to the UN
1997-1999 Specialist (A) in Collaboration, DOEI, MINVEC
1999-2005 Economic Counselor, Embassy of Cuba to Granada
2006-2007 Senior Specialist (rank: Counselor), Division of Multilateral Affairs (DAM), MINREX
2007-2009 Deputy Director, DAM MINREX
2009-2014 Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago
2014- 2016 Official MINREX
2016- 2021 Ambassador, Cuban Mission to the UN
2021- 2024 Director, General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law
2024- Deputy Director General
Phone Number: 7 836 4240
Email: : dgm-subdirectorg@minrex.gob.cu
X’s account: @AnaRAbascal
Secretariat
Phone Number: 78364240
Email: dgamdi@minrex.gob.cu
Deputy Director General
Full Name : Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta
X’s account: @PedroPedroso
Phone Number: 7836 4467
E-mail: dgamdi-subdirma@minrex.gob.cu
Division of Multilateral Political Affairs
Director
Full name: Vilma Thomas Ramírez
Date and place of birth: 17 February 1969
Education: Master`s degree in International Relations (2017). Bachelor of International Political Relations (1992), both degrees from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI)
Additional education: French Basic Course, Alliance Française, Cuba (1991). Several courses at ISRI: Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements (2006), Course for Officials (2008), International Environmental Law (2011), Political Sociology (2011); Regional Course on Statelessness, Regional Office of UNHCR, Costa Rica (2013); International Course on Social and Labour Policies for Decent Work, International Labour Office, Geneva (2014); 12th Regional Course on International Law of Refugees in Latin America, El Salvador (2014), Training of Trainers on presentation of Reports to the bodies of treaties of the Capacity Building Program of the OHCHR (2017)
Foreign Language Skills: English and French
Career history:
1993-1994 Official at the Division of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-1996 Third Secretary at the Embassy of Cuba to Namibia.
1996-1998 Official at the Division of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998-1999 Senior Specialist at the Foreign Deputy Minister´s Office in charge of African and Asian Affairs
2001-2005 First Secretary at the Embassy of Cuba to South Africa
2005-2008 Official of the Division of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of the Non-Aligned Movement
2008-2012 Counselor at the Embassy of Cuba to South Africa.
2012-2017: Official in charge of Human Rights of the General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rank: Minister-Counselor
2017-2021: Cuban Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan
2021-today: Director of Multilateral Political Affairs of the General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the MINREX
She has been member of several Cuban delegations attending ordinary sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the International Labour Conferences, Summits and Ministerial Meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement, sessions of the Human Rights Council, Summits of the African Union, dialogues with the European Union and the United States on human rights, among others
Tel.: 7 8364446 & 7 8324424
E-mail: dgamdi-director@minrex.gob.cu
X’s account: @VilmaThomasR
Division of International Organizations
Full Name : Alejandro González Behmaras
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X’s accoun: @Behmaras1
Tel: 7836 4144
E-mail: dgamdi-dirdoi@minrex.gob.cu
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Division of International Law
Director
Full name: Yusnier Romero Puentes
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Phone Number: 7836-4164
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E-mail: dgamdi-dirddi@minrex.gob.cu
Cordinator
Full Name: Lester Delgado Sánchez
Phone Number: 7836-4467
E-mail: ddi-esp2@minrex.gob.cu
Secretariat: Maibel Hernández González
Phone Number: 7836 4164
E-mail: ddi-secretaria@minrex.gob.cu