Josefina Vidal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vidal and the second or maternal family name is Ferreiro.

Josefina Vidal
Josefina Vidal Ferreiro (2015)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cuba
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Director General, North American Division, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
2013 - ?
First Secretary, Cuban Interests Section
In office
1999 - 2003
Personal details
Born (1961-02-18) 18 February 1961 (age 63)
EducationMoscow State Institute of International Relations

Josefina de la Caridad Vidal Ferreiro (born 18 February 1961) is a Cuban diplomat, and has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. Previously she was director general of the North American Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2013.[1][2][3]

Career

Vidal graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1984 with a degree of Bachelor of International Relations.[1]

Vidal has previously held several United States-related posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1999 to 2003 she was First Secretary in the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C., and from 1991 to 1997 she was an analyst at the Cuban Embassy in Paris, France.[1]

Before entering diplomatic work she had been an Assistant Researcher in the Center of Studies of the United States at the University of Havana.[1]

On 23 July 2017 Reuters reported that Vidal was to be transferred to the post of Cuban Ambassador to Canada,[4][5][6] but as of September 2017 this was not reflected in official Cuban sources.[1]

In August 2017 it was reported that Vidal had travelled to Moscow in late July for talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and the Cuban Ambassador in Moscow Emilio Lozada Garcia.[7][8]

In 2021, she became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Personal life

She is fluent in English, French, and Russian

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Josefina de la Caridad Vidal Ferreiro. Biography". Cuba MinRex. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. ^ Herrmann, Boris (20 May 2015). "Profil - Josefina Vidal". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ Yaffe, Helen; Watts, Jonathan (17 January 2017). "Top diplomatic negotiator in Cuba warns Trump: 'aggression doesn't work'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Cuba's top U.S. negotiator named to new post". Reuters. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Statement by the Cuban Ambassador to Canada, Josefina Vidal January 30, 2019". CUBADIPLOMATICA. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ cubanew/acn (29 March 2018). "Josefina Vidal presents diplomatic credentials to Ottawa". Cuban News Agency. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. ^ Ordoñez, Franco (10 August 2017). "Cuban, Russian officials meet as questions swirl about U.S. diplomats' hearing-loss". McClatchy DC Bureau. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. ^ Gehrke, Joel (11 August 2017). "Castro huddles with Russia as US-Cuba relationship crumbles". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 6 September 2017.


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