Director General
Full Name: Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
Date of birth: 23 August 1964
He graduated as Bachelor of International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1988.
Further education: Postgraduate courses on Cuba-US bilateral relations and the US foreign policy (ISRI, Havana, 1990-1991). Advanced Course on Tourism Management (National Tourism Institute, Havana, 1992-1993). Upgrading course for middle-level diplomats (Rio Branco Institute, Itamaraty, Brasilia, Brazil, 1994-1995). XXIV Edition of the External Foreign of The Hague Academy of International Law, San José, Costa Rica.
Languages: Spanish, English and French
Career:
1988-1990: Internationalist mission in the People’s Republic of Angola.
1990-1991: Assistant Specialist, North America Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1992-1993: National Tourism Institute. Cubatur Enterprise. Advanced Course on Tourism Management.
1993-1995: Third Class Specialist, Division of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1996-1999: First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations in New York.
1999-2001: First Secretary and Lead Specialist, Division of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2001-2004: Counsellor and Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2005-2009: Counsellor and Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2009-2012: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the international organizations based in Switzerland.
2013-2016: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations in New York.
2017-present: Ambassador. Director General of Multilateral Affairs and International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He has participated in several events, conferences and summits of the United Nations and in regional processes in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean, Ibero-America and the Latin America and the Caribbean-EU relation.
He has received several Cuban distinctions and medals.
He is single.
Phone Number: 7 8321871 y 7 8364240
Email: rodolforeyes@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account: @DirDGAMDI
Deputy Director General
Name: María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro.
Post: Deputy Director General of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She graduated as Bachelor of International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1989.
Further education: Postgraduate courses in the Higher Institute of International Relations. Diploma in Public Administration, Higher School for Government and State Cadres (2018). Upgrading Courses on International Law, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNO-UNITAR), The Hague, The Netherlands. Course on International Public Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands. Course on “The New Mechanisms for Dispute Settlement”, International Public Administration Institute (IIAP, by its French initials), Paris, France (2001). Course on International Humanitarian Law, Center of Studies on International Humanitarian Law, Havana (1999). Course on Lasting Solutions, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Havana (1997).
Languages: English and French
Career:
1989-1990: Internationalist mission in the People’s Republic of Angola.
1992: Official, Department of International Relations, National People’s Power Assembly (ANPP, by its Spanish initials).
1991-1995: Specialist, Subsaharan Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX, by its Spanish initials).
1995-1996: Second Secretary and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Cuba in Nigeria.
1997-2002: Specialist, Division of Multilateral Affairs, MINREX.
2003-2007: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the international organizations based in Switzerland.
2008-2011: Deputy Director of Socio-Humanitarian Affairs and Human Rights, Division of Multilateral Affairs, MINREX.
2011-2015: Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Cook Islands.
2016-2017: Head of the Department of Economic, Financial and Environmental Affairs, General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law, MINREX.
2017-present: Deputy Director General, General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law, MINREX.
She has represented Cuba in a great number of international events, meetings and conferences, ministerial meetings, summits of the UN, regional processes, and consultative groups for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Pacific Islands Forum, among others.
She has received several Cuban medals and distinctions.
She is married.
Phone Number: 7 8364152
Email: marychc@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account:@MaryCHerreraC
Secretariat
Giselle Almenares Vargas
Phone Number: 78364240
Email: dgamdi@minrex.gob.cu
Division Of Multilateral Political Affairs
Director
Mirta Granda Avechoff
Phone Number: 7 8364446 y 7 8324424
Email: mgranda@minrex.gob.cu
Division Of International Organizations
Director
Full Name: Juan Antonio Quintanilla Román
Date of birth: 30 April 1980
He graduated as Bachelor of Law from the University of Havana in 2004.
Further education: Training course for Diplomatic Attachés and Master’s Degree in International Relations, Specialty: Politics, from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations (2007).
Career:
2004-2005: Prosecutor, Municipal and Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Matanzas.
2005-2007: Diploma in International Relations.
2007-2009: Specialist at the Division of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2010-2013: Official in charge of human rights at the Permanent Mission of Cuba in Geneva.
2014-2017: Official in charge of human rights at the General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law (DGAMDI, by its Spanish initials).
2017-2018: Head of the Department of Socio-humanitarian Affairs of the General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law (DGAMDI).
2019: Director, International Organizations Division of the General Division of Multilateral Affairs and International Law (DGAMDI).
He is married.
Phone Number: 7 836 4144
Email: quintanilla@minrex.gob.cu
Twitter’s account:@JAQuintanillaR
Division Of International Law
Director
Full Name: Anet Pino Rivero.
Date of birth: 26 August 1973
She graduated as Bachelor of Law.
Further education: Course for International Relations Attachés and Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian Law.
Career:
1997-1999: Judge of the Military Court of the Western Army.
1990-2000: Studies of International Relations.
2000-2001: Diplomatic Attaché at the Consulate and Embassy of Cuba to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2001-2007: Specialist at the Legal Division.
2016-present: Director of the Division of International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She is married and has two children.
Phone Number: 7 8364163
Email: anet@minrex.gob.cu
Cordinator
Rafael Pino Bequer,
Phone Number: 78364166
Email: rpinobminrex.gob.cu