Permanent Representative of Cuba H.E. Ms. Sánchez Lorenzo Presents Credentials

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: February 12, 2020; 16:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations (Vienna), Loipa Sánchez Lorenzo, presented her credentials yesterday to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly. Find her resume as follows.

Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Austria, H.E. Ms. Loipa Sánchez Lorenzo / Picture: © www.bundespraesident.at / Carina Karlovits and Clemens Schwarz / HBF

During her career, Ms. Sánchez Lorenzo, who is also Ambassador to Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, has served in various capacities, among them: 

Curriculum Vitae:
Career History:
1990-1994
Diplomatic attaché, Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995
Third Secretary, Embassy to Russia and Latvia
1996-1998
Third Secretary, Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union
1999-2003
Second and First Secretary, Directorate of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000-2003
First Secretary, Department of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003-2007
Counsellor, Embassy to Ethiopia, Djibouti and the African Union
2007-2011
Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor, Directorate of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(2007-2010
Counsellor, Department of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010
Minister-Counsellor to Italy and the International Organizations, Rome
2011 Minister-Counsellor, Department of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2011-2016
Ambassador to Slovakia
2017-2019
Rank of Ambassador, Europe and Canada Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Since November 28, 2019 Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Austria, Croatia and Slovenia
Since February 11, 2020 Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations (Vienna)
Education: Bachelor's degree in International Political Relations from the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations and a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Havana
Languages; Marital Status: English and French; Married, one son.