Director General

Full Name: Miguel Andrés Lamazares Puello
Date of birth: 9 November 1960
He graduated as Bachelor of International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1983.
Languages: English and French
Career:
1984-1985: International Relations Assistant at the Subsaharan Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1985-1988: Diplomatic Attaché and Third Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Liberia.
1988-1992: Second Class Specialist at the Subsaharan Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1992-1995: Second Secretary and First Secretary, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Cuba in Ghana.
1995-1996: Official at the General Department of International Relations, Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party.
1996-2000: Deputy Director of the Protocol Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2000-2004: Ambassador of Cuba in the Republic of Turkey.
2005-2009: Deputy Director of the Protocol Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2009-2018: Ambassador. Director of the Protocol Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2019-present: Ambassador. Director General, General Protocol Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He is married and has two children.
Phone Number: 7 8364120
Email: lamazares@minrex.gob.cu
Secretariat
Kenia Gonzalez Navarro.
Phone Number: 7 8364128
Email: protocolo@minrex.cu
Deputy Director General
Sergio Vigoa de la Uz
Division In Charge Of Delegations And Official Functions
Director
Enrique Orta González
Division Of Diplomatic Ceremonial, Privileges, Immunities And Affairs
Director

Full Name: Vladimir Andrés González Quesada.
Date of birth: 25 August 1963
He graduated as Bachelor of Art History.
Further education: Arabic in the Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. Various postgraduate courses.
Languages: Arabic and English
Career:
1989-1995: Arabic Translator in the Center for Translation and Interpretation (ESTI, by its Spanish initials), attached to the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers.
1995-1996: Official at the North Africa and Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX, by its Spanish initials).
1996-1999: Third Secretary and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Cuba in the Syrian Arab Republic.
1999-2000: Official at the North Africa and Middle East Division, MINREX.
2000: Summer course in the Diplomatic School of Spain.
2000-2003: First Secretary and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Cuba in the Republic of Turkey.
2003-2005: Official at the North Africa and Middle East Division, MINREX.
2005-2010: Counsellor of the Embassy of Cuba in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
2010-2013: Deputy Director of the North Africa and Middle East Division, MINREX.
2013-2017: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2017-2018: Head of the Ceremonial, Privileges and Immunities Department, Protocol Division, MINREX.
2019-present: Ambassador. Director of the Division of Diplomatic Ceremonial, Privileges, Immunities and Affairs.
He has been part of several official delegations participating in bilateral visits, and international events and meetings.
He is married and has two daughters.
Phone Number: 7 8364431
Email: vladimir2minrex.gob.cu


