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

People › Diplomats ♦ 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.