In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
De Castro and the second or maternal family name is
Rodríguez.
Aníbal de Jesús de Castro Rodríguez (born 1949) is a Dominican diplomat and journalist, who is currently the Dominican Republic Ambassador to Belgium and to the European Union.
He was educated at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and the University of East Anglia (Development Studies, 1979).[1] In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, representing the Dominican Republic as nonresident Ambassador to Australia (2007–11) and the Republic of Ireland (2009–11). He served as Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2014.[2]
A well known journalist, he was founding editor of the newspaper Diario Libre,[3] and has written opinion columns for Listín Diario.[4]
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Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Belgium and to the European Union 2017-
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Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Spain October 2014–2017
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Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States May 2011–October 2014
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Concurrent ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Australia (residing in the United Kingdom) September 2007–May 2011
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Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United Kingdom November 2004–May 2011
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