Cuba Names New Foreign
Investment Minister
Havana - Cuban leader
Raul Castro has named
Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz
as the new Minister for
Foreign Investment and
Economic Collaboration,
replacing Marta Lomas
Morales, state media
reported Thursday.
Malmierca, 52, recently
completed his mission as
Cuban ambassador to the
United Nations, official
daily "Granma" reported.
The report did not
reveal the reasons for
the change, nor the new
post Lomas will take up.
Malmierca has served as
vice minister, director
and in other positions
in the Foreign
Investment Ministry.
The ministry oversees
the Cuban government's
joint venture projects
with foreign companies,
as well as the operation
of non-governmental
organizations in the
country.
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