List of ambassadors of Japan to Cuba explained

The List of Japanese ambassadors to Cuba started when Kanda Jōtarō presented his credentials to the Cuban government in 1957.

Japan and Cuba established diplomatic relations in 1930, but it was not until 1953 that a Japanese legation was opened in Havana.

List

This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.^[1]

Inaugural date	Official position (Japanese)	Official position	Name (Japanese)	Name
November 25, 1953	臨時代理公使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	井沢 実	Izawa Minoru
March 27, 1956	臨時代理公使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	福島 茂吉	Fukushima Shigeyoshi
July 10, 1957	特命全権大使	Ambassador	神田 襄太郎	Kanda Jōtarō
January 3, 1960	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	片岡 孝三郎	Kataoka Kōzaburō
March 26, 1961	特命全権大使	Ambassador	都村 新次郎	Tsumura Shinjirō
September 28, 1962	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	片岡 孝三郎	Kataoka Kōzaburō
October 26, 1962	特命全権大使	Ambassador	矢口 麓蔵	Yaguchi Rokurō
April 2, 1966	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	兼田 晴重	Kaneda Harushige
January 9, 1967	特命全権大使	Ambassador	佐藤 崎人	Satō Sakito
July 28, 1969	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	伊藤 武好	Itō Takeyoshi
August 4, 1969	特命全権大使	Ambassador	近藤 四郎	Kondō Shirō
August 7, 1972	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	堅山 道助	Tateyama Michisuke
October 20, 1972	特命全権大使	Ambassador	片岡 秋	Kataoka Osamu
February 21, 1975	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	堅山 道助	Tateyama Michisuke
April 1, 1975	特命全権大使	Ambassador	奈良 賀男	Nara Yoshio
May 16, 1977	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	長田 光雄	Nagada Mitsuo
July 13, 1977	特命全権大使	Ambassador	穂崎 巧	Hozaki Takumi
February 12, 1981	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	平松 弘行	Hiramatsu Hiroyuki
February 27, 1981	特命全権大使	Ambassador	塚本 政雄	Tsukamoto Masao
October 24, 1983	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	久保 光弘	Kubo Mitsuhiro
December 28, 1983	特命全権大使	Ambassador	馬淵 晴之	Mabuchi Haruyuki
January 14, 1987	臨時代理大使	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	鈴木 邦治	Suzuki Kuniji
March 11, 1987	特命全権大使	Ambassador	井出 亮	Ide Ryō

See also

• Cuba–Japan relations
• Diplomatic rank

Further reading

• Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)

Notes and References

1. Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). p. 109.