Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX) — in office since 2009-03-02
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has served as Cuba's Foreign Minister since 2009 — the longest-serving member of the current cabinet and Havana's lead voice at the UN.
Quick facts
- Role: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX)
- Spanish title: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba
- In office since: 2009-03-02
- Born: 1958-01-23 — Havana, Cuba
- Nationality: Cuban
- Affiliations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX); Politburo of the PCC; Council of State
- Sanctioned by OFAC: No
Biography
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has led the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) since 2009, making him by some distance the longest-serving member of Cuba's current cabinet. He is best known internationally as the architect of the annual UN General Assembly resolution condemning the U.S. embargo, which he has personally introduced almost every year for more than a decade.
A former president of the Federation of University Students (FEU), Rodríguez Parrilla rose through the Communist Youth and the diplomatic service before becoming Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995 and then Minister fourteen years later. He sits on the Politburo of the PCC.
In 2026, Rodríguez Parrilla has been Cuba's primary international interlocutor through a year of tightened U.S. policy — meeting with Putin in Moscow, with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares in Madrid, and with Chinese officials in Beijing. He has been the regime's public face in pushing back against the second-Trump-administration's renewed maximum-pressure posture on Cuba.
Career timeline
- : Serves as president of the Federation of University Students (FEU).
- : Appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- : Becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs (March).
- : Re-elected to the PCC Politburo at the 8th Congress.
- : Tours Moscow, Madrid and Beijing seeking support amid U.S. pressure.