Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla (born 22 January 1958) is a
Cuba
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politician
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. He is a member of the
Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba
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History
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, and has served as Cuba's
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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since 2009.
Biography and career
Rodríguez was born in
Mexico City
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to engineer José María Rodríguez Padilla who held high positions in the Cuban government. Rodríguez Parrilla served as Cuba's
Permanent Representative
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to the
United Nations
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from 1995 to 2003. He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 2, 2009, replacing Felipe Pérez Roque, after serving as the Vice-Minister. This was a result of the 2009 shake-up by Raúl Castro.
On October 25, 2011, Rodríguez Parrilla addressed the
United Nations General Assembly
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right before the annual non-binding vote calling for the
United States
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to end its
embargo
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against Cuba.
On July 20, 2015, Rodríguez attended the reinauguration of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., making him the first Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit the United States on a diplomatic mission since 1958.Article on Yahoo! News
See also
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List of foreign ministers in 2017
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*#Ramtane Lamamra (2013–2017)
*#Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019)
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*#Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017)
*#Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020)
* - Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–prese ...
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List of current foreign ministers
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