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Deputy General Director
Name: Johana Ruth Tablada de la Torre
Date of birth: 1 June 1969
She graduated as Bachelor of International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations.
Further education: Postgraduate courses on the World Trade Organization and the Multilateral Trade System, the Political System of the US, and Cuba-US relations; Course on Strategic Management; Course on History of the Latin America-US Relations; Advanced Course on French Language
Languages: English and French
Career:
1993-1994: Assistant Specialist at the Europe Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX, by its Spanish initials).
1995-1996: Specialist at the Europe Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1996-1998: Third Secretary, Interest Section of Cuba in Washington.
1998-2000: Second Secretary, Interest Section of Cuba in Washington.
2000-2004: Head of the Analysis Group at the North America Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2004-2008: Counsellor of the Embassy of Cuba in Belize.
2008-2013: Deputy Director of the North America Division and the US Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2013-2017: Ambassador of Cuba in Portugal.
2017-present: Ambassador. Deputy Director General, General Division for the United States, MINREX.
She has headed and been part of official delegations in international and bilateral talks, visits, negotiations and events.
Phone Number: 7 836 4256
Email: dgeu-subdirectorg@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @JohanaTablada
CABINET SPECIALISTS:
Karin Diez B'Hammel
Phone Number: 7 836 4183
E-mail: dgeu-espdg@minrex.gob.cu
Teléfono: 7 836 4373
E-mail: dgeu-esp8@minrex.gob.cu
Secretariat
María Caridad Núñez Cabeza
Phone Number 7 836 4256
Email: dgeu-secretaria@minrex.gob.cu
DIVISION OF BILATERAL AFFAIRS (DAB)
Director
Full Name : Inés Fors Fernández
Date of birth: 24 January 1962
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Phone Number: 7 836 4257
Email: dgeu-dirdtb@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @InesForsFdez
CABINET SPECIALISTS:
Ismary González Miro
Phone Number: 7 832 6948
Email: ismari@minrex.gob.cu
Legal Affairs and Analysis Department
Director
Name: Ismara Vargas Walter
Date of birth: 20 March 1978
Education: Bachelor of Laws
Additional education: Master’s degree in International Relations. Postgraduate courses: History of Cuban Diplomacy 1902-1958; Continuity and Change in Inter-American Relations; Contemporary Global Problems; Process of creation of the US Foreign Policy: Cuba a case of study. Course: Training for Diplomatic Attachés and Officials. Professional Advanced Course: Introduction to US Law... Attendance to the Fifth Seminar: The First War of the 21st Century, International Implications.
Foreign Language Skills: English and French
Career history:
2001- 2002: Student, Course for Diplomatic Attachés, ISRI
2003- 2005: General Assistant of International Relations, Division of North America, MINREX
2005- 2006: Third Secretary, Division of North America, MINREX
2006- 2009: Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN
2010- 2010: Third Secretary, Division of North America, (DAN) MINREX
2010- 2013: Second Secretary, Division of the US, MINREX
2013- 2014: First Secretary, DAN, MINREX
2014- 2015: Head of the Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2015- 2020: Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to The Bahamas
2020- today: Director, General Division of the United States, MINREX
Phone Number: 7 832 5178
E-mail: dgeu-dirdala@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @IsmaraWalter
Department of Political and Economic Affairs
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Phone Number: 7 836 4525
Email: jdape@minrex.gob.cu