Aníbal de Castro

Aníbal de Castro
Dominican Republic Ambassador to Belgium and to the European Union
Assumed office
2017
Dominican Republic Ambassador to Spain
In office
2014–2017
Succeeded byOlivo Rodríguez Huertas
Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States
In office
2011–2014
Dominican Republic Ambassador to United Kingdom
In office
2004–2011
Succeeded byFederico Cuello Camilo
Personal details
Born1949 (age 7576)
Eugenio María de Hostos
NationalityDominican
Alma materUniversidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
University of East Anglia
ProfessionDiplomat and journalist

Aníbal de Jesús de Castro Rodríguez (born 1949) is a Dominican diplomat and journalist, who is currently the Dominican Republic Ambassador to Belgium and to the European Union.

He was educated at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and the University of East Anglia (Development Studies, 1979). In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, representing the Dominican Republic as nonresident Ambassador to Australia (2007–11) and the Republic of Ireland (2009–11). He served as Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2014.

A well known journalist, he was founding editor of the newspaper Diario Libre, and has written opinion columns for Listín Diario.