JJosé Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez (Matanzas, 1961). Graduate in International Relations ["Raúl Roa García" Higher Institute for International Relations (ISRI)], PhD in Political Science (University of Havana, 2009), full professor at ISRI, official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) since 1984. He has held different responsibilities, both inside and outside Cuba, among them: North American Directorate (1984-1990), Cuban Embassy in Canada (1990-1993), Deputy Director of North America (1993-1994), Director of Consular Affairs and Cubans Residing Abroad (1998-2001), Cuban Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, Permanent Representative to International Organizations based in Vienna (2001-2005), Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009-2012), head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C. (2012-2015), Cuban ambassador to the United States of America (2015-2020). Member of several Cuban delegations to international events and has been part of the Organizing Committee of multilateral events organized in Cuba. He has lectured at Cuban and foreign universities and published articles in academic journals, both in Cuba and abroad.