Embassy of the Commonwealth of
The Bahamas
Havana, Cuba

Welcome

To the Embassy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in Havana, Cuba.

H.E. Dr Elliston Rahming

Bahamas Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba

H.E. Dr Elliston Rahming has a distinguished career in The Public Service of The Bahamas. He is a Criminologist by training but has served in politics, academia, social policy development and corrections.

Dr Rahming has served as Special Assistant to two Prime Ministers; Consultant/ Advisor on Crime within the Ministry of National Security; Commissioner of Corrections ( Prisons); Probation and Parole Officer with the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole; Executive Director of the Miami Y.M.C.A; Director of Sojourner Douglass College ( Bahamas Campus); Founder and Director of R.E.S.P.E.C.T Academy ( now Westminster College on Blake Road-Nassau); Adjunct Professor at the University of The Bahamas and Omega College; member of The Bahamas Senate (1992-1997); Bahamas Ambassador to the Organization of American States ( O.A.S) in Washington D.C and Ambassador to the United Nations ( N.Y.). He has completed Study Tours in more than thirty prisons in ten countries and he is owner of The InterTech Group Ltd- providers of professional private security and investigation services.

Dr. Rahming holds the B.A.Degree in Sociology from Bethune- Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida as well as the M.S.W.( Master in Social Work) Degree and Ph.D. in Criminology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Certified Anger Management Therapist and Dispute Mediator and he has completed the U.S. State Department’s Drug Demand Reduction Course as well as the Opa Locka, Florida Police Department’s Police-Community Relations Course.

He has a string of publications to his credit including the book “ Breaking Glass Ceilings: Top 100 Black Achievers Who Changed the World”.

Embassy Staff

Annie G. Carey. Administrative Attaché/ Agregada administrativa

Sanovia M. Stuart. Finance Attaché/ Agregada de Finanzas