Director
Name: José Enrique Enríquez Rodríguez
Date of birth: 1 February 1962
He graduated from Arabic Language, in Damascus, Syria in 1985.
Languages: English and Arabic
Further education: Diploma in Public Administration, Havana (2012).
Career:
1985-1989: Diplomatic Attaché, Embassy of Cuba in Libya.
1990-1992: Official, Documentation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1992-1996: Third Secretary, North Africa and Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1996-1998: Second Secretary, Embassy of Cuba in Qatar.
1998: Deputy Director, North Africa and Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1998-1999: Official, Offices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1999-2002: Official, North Africa and Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2002-2007: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba in the State of Qatar.
2007-2012: Ambassador and Director, North Africa and Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2012-2016: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2012-2016: Ambassador of Cuba with concurrent accreditation to the Sultanate of Oman.
2013-2016: Ambassador of Cuba with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
2015-2016: Ambassador of Cuba with concurrent accreditation to the United Arab Emirates.
2016-present: Ambassador. Director, Cadres Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He has been part of top-level delegations on official working visits to countries of Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America, and has participated in several international events.
He is married and has two daughters.
Phone Number: 7 8364140 y 7 8364934
Email: eenriquez@minrex.gob.cu
Deputy Director
Name: Bernardo Guanche Hernández.
Date of birth: 16 September 1959
He graduated as Bachelor of International Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1983.
Languages: English and Portuguese
Further education: Diplomatic Academy of Moscow (1988), National Defense College (1996) and several postgraduate studies.
Career:
1984-1986: International Relations Assistant, Press and Culture Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1987-1992: Third Secretary, Division of the Non-Aligned Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1993-1994: Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, New York.
1994-1996: First Secretary, Division of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1996-1997: National Defense College.
1998-1999: Deputy Director of Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1999-2001: Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Cuba in Peru.
2001-2003: Advisor of the First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2003-2008: Minister-Counsellor, Consul-General in Washington.
2008-2011: Official at the Latin America and Caribbean Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2011-2012: Ambassador in the Republic of Paraguay.
2012-2013: Ambassador, Latin America and Caribbean Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2013-2017: Ambassador of Cuba in Jamaica.
2017-present: Ambassador. Deputy Director of the Cadres Division.
He has been a member of several official delegations participating in bilateral visits and international events and meetings. He has participated in the peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP, by its Spanish initials).
He is married and has two children.
Phone Number: 7 8364165
Email: bguanche@minrex.gob.cu
Secretariat
Celia de Lorenzo López
Phone Number: 7 8364140
E-mail: dcuaper@minrex.gob.cu