National Defense College of Cuba

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The National Defense College of Cuba (Spanish : Colegio de Defensa Nacional de Cuba, CODEN) is a military institution of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces located in Havana, and a center of higher education within the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR). [1] It is led by Brigadier General Manuel de Jesús Rey Soberón.

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It was founded on 30 October 1990 and is in charge of Cuban military postgraduate education. [2] Among the functions of the CODEN are to direct and develop the educational process in the specialty of National Security and Defense. Many of its students come from the Nico Lopez Central School of the Cuban Communist Party. At the time of its foundation, it was modeled on the Canadian Forces College in Toronto and offers a curriculum similar to that of the American National Defense University at Fort McNair. It the first of the higher level of the MINFAR to receive its certification status, issued by the National Accreditation Board attached to the Ministry of Higher Education. The CODEN currently manages 15 postgraduate study programs. [3] The faculty of the college includes military officials as well as civilian professors. [4] [5] Among the notable visitors to the college include defense minister Leopoldo Cintra Frías, [6] Chief of the General Staff Álvaro López Miera and Iranian ambassador Kambiz Sheikh Hassani. [7] Nearly five thousand Cuban civilians and soldiers have graduated from the CODEN since its creation. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Colegio de Defensa Nacional (CODEN) | Havana, Cuba – Military School Directory". militaryschooldirectory.com. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Colegio de Defensa Nacional ratifica su compromiso con la Patria". Granma.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Una trinchera académica para defender la soberanía". Granma.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) Professional Training and Education". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Colegio de Defensa Nacional | Sitio Web de la defensa de la República de Cuba". www.cubadefensa.cu. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  6. ↑ "Egresan más de 400 alumnos del Colegio de Defensa Nacional". Radio Ciudad Habana (in Spanish). 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Iran's envoy delivers speech in Cuba's National Defense College". IRNA English. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  8. 1 2 "Sobresale Colegio de Defensa en preparación de dirigentes". Agencia Cubana de Noticias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  9. ↑ "The Military Elite of Cuba". Cuban Studies Institute. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2021-02-20.

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