| Nationality: |
Cuban |
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| Date of birth: |
20 October 1947 |
| Place of birth: |
Granma, Cuba |
| Marital status |
Married, three daughters |
| Languages: |
Spanish (mother tongue) and English; Knowledge
of French and Russian |
| 1970 |
Bachelor of Science, University of Havana, Cuba; |
| 1974 |
Master's Degree in International Relations, Higher Institute
of International Relations, Havana, Cuba; |
| 1979 |
Master's Degree in Economics, University of Havana, Cuba. |
| 2008-present |
Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit; |
| 2003-2007 |
Inspector of the Joint Inspection Unit; |
| 1994-2002 |
Executive Secretary of the Joint Inspection Unit; |
| 1992-1994 |
High-level Senior Adviser of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
for administration and management; peace-keeping and related
operations; programming, budgetary and human resources affairs
and civil service questions; |
| 1990-1992 |
Deputy Director for Social and Humanitarian Affairs of the
International Organizations Division of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs; |
| 1986-1989 |
Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United
Nations in charge of economic, administrative, budgetary
questions as well as technical cooperation and operational
activities; |
| 1983-1985 |
First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the
United Nations (same functions); |
| 1978-1983 |
Senior Officer at the International Organizations Division
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of
administrative, budgetary, human resources and international
civil service affairs; |
| 1976-1977 |
Expert officer at the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs
Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; |
| 1974-1975 |
Officer at the Foreign Press, Publicity and Cultural
Relations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
| 1985-1994 |
Member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions (ACABQ); |
| 1986-1992 |
Alternate representative of Cuba to the General Assembly; |
| 1982-1990 |
Representative of Cuba to the Fifth Committee of the General
Assembly; |
| 1990 |
Representative of Cuba to the Eighth United Nations Congress
for Crime Prevention and the Treatment of the Offender, held
in Havana, Cuba; |
| 1979-1982 |
Representative of Cuba to the Summer Sessions of the
Economic and Social Council (Geneva); |
| 1979 |
Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Conference on
Science and Technology for Development (Vienna); |
| 1978-1982 |
Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Conference on
an International Code of Conduct for the Transfer of
Technology (Geneva). |
| 1983 |
Rapporteur of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly; |
| 1983 |
Vice-Chairman of the Transnational Corporations Commission; |
| 1986 |
Chairman of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly; |
| 1987 |
First Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Budgetary and
Finance Committee of the Governing Council of the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP); |
| 1987-1989 |
Member of the Committee of Experts of the "Pérez
Guerrero" Trust Fund for Economic Cooperation among
Developing Countries. |
