Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz

Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Debt Negotiator

Spanish title: Viceprimer Ministro Nationality: Cuban Last verified:

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz is Cuba's chief external-debt negotiator and a Deputy Prime Minister with a decades-long portfolio over the island's foreign financial obligations.

Quick facts

  • Role: Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Debt Negotiator
  • Spanish title: Viceprimer Ministro
  • Nationality: Cuban
  • Sanctioned by OFAC: No

Biography

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz has served as Deputy Prime Minister and as Cuba's lead negotiator on sovereign-debt restructuring with the Paris Club and bilateral creditors. He is one of the longest-serving economic officials in the Cuban government.

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