International Policy Research Center

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, 19^th and 20^th 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