Carlos Fernández de Cossío Domínguez

Carlos Fernández de Cossío Domínguez is a Cuban diplomat born on December 21, 1959. He currently holds the position of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, being one of the main representatives of the government in foreign policy matters, especially in relations with the United States. He graduated as a Bachelor of International Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations in 1983. Later he obtained a Doctorate in Political Sciences from the University of Havana in 2011. His diplomatic career includes important positions: between 1984 and 1990 he worked as an official in the Division of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1990 to 1994 he was a delegate of Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He also served as Cuba's ambassador to South Africa. Between 2017 and 2022 he was General Director of the Division for the United States in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position from which he led bilateral talks on migration and other sensitive issues between both countries. As Vice Minister, Fernández de Cossío has been a prominent voice in international forums, defending Cuba's position against the U.S. economic embargo and representing the government in high-level diplomatic negotiations.