Director
Full name: José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez
Date of birth: 10/08/1961
Education: Bachelor of International Political Relations
Additional education: PhD in Political Science. Postgraduate course: Broadcasting outside the United States, United States Policy towards Cuba, Cuba – United States Relations, 19th and 20th Century United States Literature. Diploma course in Public Administration. Full Professor.
Foreign Language Skills: French and English
Career history:
1984 -1987 Assistant Desk Officer, Division of the Americas II - MINREX
1987-1989 Desk Officer (III), Division of the Americas II - MINREX
1989-1991 Desk Officer (II), Division of the Americas II - MINREX
1990-1992 Third Secretary, at the Embassy of Cuba to Canada
1992- 1993 Second Secretary, at the Embassy of Cuba to Canada
1993-1993 Deputy Director, Division of the Americas I - MINREX
1993-1994 Deputy Director, Division of the Americas II - MINREX
1994-2001 Director, DACCRE - MINREX
2001-2006 Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to Austria
2006- 2009 Director, Division of Document Management - MINREX
2009-2012 Deputy Minister, MINREX
2012- 2021 Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to Washington
2021-today Director of the Center for International Politics Research (CIPI)
Phone Number: 7 2063098 Ext 103
Email:
Deputy Director
Full name: Manuel Aguilera de la Paz
Date of birth: 17/09/1956
Education: Bachelor of Social Sciences
Additional education: Legal Course for Cadres, Postgraduate course on Financial Analysis
Career history:
1980-1984 Official, Department of International Relations of the National Committee of the Youth Communist League (UJC)
1984-1986 Head of Section, Department of International Relations of the National Committee of the UJC
1986- 1987 Internationalist Mission in Ethiopia, UJC First Secretary
1987-1990 Head of Department, Department of International Relations of the National Committee of the UJC
1990-1992 Member of the National Bureau of the National Committee of the UJC
1992-1993 Official, Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party
1993-1994 Head of Department, Division of Europe, MINREX
1994-1999 Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to Uruguay
1999-2003 Director, Division of Economy and Finance
2003-2007 Deputy Minister, MINREX
2007-2012 Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to Mexico
2012-2013 Deputy Director, Division of Latin America and the Caribbean, MINREX
2013-2015 Director, General Division of Latin America and the Caribbean, MINREX
2015- 2016 Director General, General Division of Latin America and the Caribbean, MINREX
2016-2021 Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba to Switzerland
2021- today Deputy Director, Center for International Politics Research (CIPI)
Phone Number: 7 206 3098
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