Director General
Alejandro González Galiano
Phone Number: 78320526 al 28 ext 101
Email: alejandrogonzalezgal@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @GlezGaliano
Secretariat
Daniela Mendoza de Lara
Phone Number: 78320526 al 28 ext.102
Email: danielamendoza@minrex.gob.cu
Cabinet Specialists:
Dagmara Calzada Pérez
Phone Number: 78320526 al 28 ext.104
Email: dagmara@minrex.gob.cu
Division Of Communication And Image
Director
Name: Yaira Jiménez Roig
Date of birth: 7 September 1979
She graduated as Bachelor of Social Communication from the University of Havana in 2002.
Further education: Master’s Degree in International Political Relations, Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations, 2004.
Languages: English, French and Portuguese
Career:
2005-2008: Official at the Outreach and Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX, by its Spanish initials).
2008-2012: First Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in France.
2013-2017: Coordinator of the Media Image of Cuba at the Division of Communication and Image, MINREX.
2017-2018: Director of Communication and Image, MINREX.
She has been a member of official delegations participating in several foreign policy activities and international meetings in Cuba and abroad.
She is married and has two children.
Phone Number: 78320526 al 28 ext 106
Email: yairajr@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @YairaJR
Secretariat
Zoila América Batista Cubas
Phone Number: 78320526 al 28 ext 128
Email: zoilabc@minrex.gob.cu
Foreign Press Division
Director
Full Name: Alberto González Casals
He graduated as Bachelor of International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1989.
Further education: Master’s Degree in International Relations, Higher Institute of International Relations, 2004. Postgraduate courses on business marketing, Foreign Trade Institute, 1996. Management by Objectives, University of Havana, 1999. Global Leadership Forum, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015.
Languages: English and French
Career:
1990-1991: Diplomatic Attaché at the Embassy of Cuba in the People’s Republic of Angola.
1994-1996: Third Secretary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
1997-1999: Second Secretary. International Press Center. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
1999-2003: Second Secretary and Consul, Embassy of Cuba in the Republic of Guyana.
2004-2005: First Secretary and Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2005-2006: Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Cuba in Seychelles.
2006-2008: Counsellor of the Embassy of Cuba in Venezuela.
2008-2011: Counsellor in charge of Press Matters and Spokesperson, Interest Section of Cuba in Washington, US.
2011-2013: Deputy Director of the Outreach and Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
2013-2017: Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in the Republic of Turkey.
2017-present: Ambassador. Director of the International Press Center, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He is married and has two daughters.
Phone Number: 7835-2382
Email: albertogc@cpi.minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @AlbertoGCasals
Secretariat
Beatriz Hernandez Rodríguez
Phone Number: 7835-2382 / 7832 05 26 -28 ext. 110
Email: secretaria@cpi.minrex.gob.cu
Group In Charge Of The Press:
Carlos Valdés de la Concepción
Phone Number: 7832-0526-28 ext. 111 y 7832-6074
E-mail: carlosvc@cpi.minrex.gob.cu
Coordinations Group:
Abel Ernesto Derivet Vidal
Phone Number: 7832-0526-28 ext. 115.
E-mail: aderivet@cpi.minrex.gob.cu