Fernando Remírez de Estenoz

Fernando Remírez de Estenoz trained as a physician and also studied social sciences. He held leadership positions in Cuba’s communist youth organization before moving into senior foreign affairs work. His assignments included the United Nations, a vice ministerial post, and leadership of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington from 1995 to 2001. ¹

In April 2000, Remírez accompanied Elián González’s father to Washington and hosted the family at his Bethesda home. ^{3, 4}

Remírez returned to Havana in 2001 to work full time as first deputy foreign minister under Felipe Pérez Roque. In 2004, he became head of the Communist Party’s international relations department. By March 2009, official Cuban reporting identified Jorge Martí Martínez in that position; contemporary accounts reported Remírez’s removal while noting that the government had not publicly explained the change. ^{2, 1}