Regular and Special CIDI Meetings

Authorities of the CIDI Regular and Special Meetings

The Chair and Vice Chair of the CIDI shall hold office for a term of six months. The terms shall begin automatically on the first day of the months of January and July.

2024
 July-December Chair  
Vice Chair  
January-June Chair Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Vice Chair Ambassador Steve Ferrol, Permanent Representative of Dominica
2023
 July-December Chair Ambassador Josue Antinoe Fiallo Billini Portorreal, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic
Vice Chair Ambassador Mauricio Montalvo Samaniego, Permanent Representative of Ecuador
January-June Chair Ambassador Gustavo Adrianzen, Permanent Representative of Peru
Vice Chair Ambassador Agustin Vasquez Gomez, Permanent Representative of El Salvador
2022
July-December
ChairPermanent Representative of Paraguay (Art. 6 of the Rules: " If the member state to which the Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the Vice Chair shall serve as Chair..")
Vice Chair Ambassador Yolande Yvonne Smith, Permanent Representative of Grenada (Served as Chair)
January-June Chair Ambassador Maria del Carmen Roquebert Leon, Permanent Representative of Panama
(The delegations of Mexico and Nicaragua respectively, did not assume the chairmanship during this period)
Vice Chair Ambassador Rita Claverie de Scioli, Permanent Representative of Guatemala
2021 July-December
  Chair Ambassador Audrey P. Marks, Permanent Representative of Jamaica
Vice Chair Ambassador Samuel Hinds, Permanent Representative of Guyana
January-June  Chair Ambassador Luis Fernando Cordero Montoya, Permanent Representative of Honduras
Vice Chair Permanent Representative of Haiti
(Art. 6 of the Rules: "...If the member state to which the Vice Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the principal representatives of the member states in reverse alphabetical order shall serve in turn as Vice Chair on an acting basis...")
2020 July-December Chair Ambassador Leon Charles, Permanent Representative of Haiti
Vice Chair Ambassador Luis Fernando Cordero Montoya, Permanent Representative of Honduras
January-June Chair Ambassador Riyad Insanally, Permanent Representative of Guyana
Vice Chair Ambassador Audrey P. Marks, Permanent Representative of Jamaica
2019 July-December Chair Ambassador Rita Claverie de Sciolli, Permanent Representative of Guatemala
Vice Chair Ambassador Luz Elena Baños Rivas, Permanent Representative of Mexico
January-June Chair Ambassador Yolande Yvonne Smith, Permanent Representative of Grenada
Vice Chair Ambassador Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindares, Permanent Representative of Nicaragua
2018 July-December Chair Ambassador Carlos Trujillo, Permanent Representative of the United States
Vice Chair Ambassasdor Jesus Sierra Victoria, Permanent Representative of Panamá
January-June Chair Ambassador Carlos Alberto Calles Castillo, Permanent Representative of El Salvador
Vice Chair Ambassador Elisa Ruiz Diaz Castillo, Permanent Representative of Paraguay
2017 July-December Chair Ambassador Marco Vinicio Albuja Martínez, Permanent Representative of Ecuador
Vice Chair Ambassador Ana Rosa Valdivieso, Permanent Representative of Peru
January-June Chair Ambassador Dr. Vince Henderson, Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Vice Chair Ambassador Gedeón Santos, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic
2016 July-December Chair Ambassador Rogelio Sotela Muñoz, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica
Vice Chair Ambassador Dr. Everson Hull, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis
January-June Chair Ambassador Andres Gonzalez Diaz, Permanent Representative of Colombia
Vice Chair Ambassador Elizabeth Darius Clarke,  Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia
2015 July-December Chair Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira, Permanent Representative of Chile
Vice Chair Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Art. 6 of the Rules: "...If the member state to which the Vice Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the principal representatives of the member states in reverse alphabetical order shall serve in turn as Vice Chair on an acting basis...")
January-June Chair Permanent Representative of Canada (Art. 6 of the Rules: " If the member state to which the Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the Vice Chair shall serve as Chair..")
Vice Chair Ambassador Niermala Badrising,  Permanent Representative of Suriname
2014 July-December Chair Permanent Representative of Brazil (Art. 6 of the Rules: " If the member state to which the Chair corresponds does not have a principal representative, the Vice Chair shall serve as Chair..")
Vice Chair Ambassador Neil Parsan, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago
January-June Chair Ambassador Diego Pary, Permanent Representative of Bolivia
Vice Chair Ambassador Milton Romani Gerner, Permanent Representative of Uruguay
2013 July-December Chair Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Permanent Representative of Belize
Vice Chair Ambassador Roy Chaderton Matos, Permanent Representative of Venezuela
January-June Chair Ambassador John Beale, Permanent Representative of  Barbados
Vice Chair Ambassador Deborah Mae-Lovell, Permanent Representative of Antigua &  Barbuda
2012 July-December Chair Ambassador Deborah Mae-Lovell, Permanent Representative of Antigua &  Barbuda
Vice Chair Ambassador José de Jesús Martínez, Alternate Representative of Panamá