The Embassy of Dominican Republic in Berlin

Amb. S. E. Iris Joseline Pujol Rodriguez

H.E. Iris Joseline Pujol Rodriguez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1966) is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany since February 2025. She is also a concurrent ambassador from Berlin to Ukraine and Poland. Previously, she served as Deputy Ambassador at the Dominican Mission to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other Rome-based agencies in Italy since 2021.

Since 2017, she held the position of Minister Counsellor, in charge of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Canada. Prior to that, starting in 2013, she was Counsellor, responsible for Commercial Affairs at the Dominican Republic Embassy in Colombia. She began her diplomatic career at the Dominican Republic Embassy in Canada in 2001 as First Secretary, in charge of Consular Affairs.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the United Nations – Geneva, Switzerland. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo (UCSD), and another Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM).

Additionally, she completed a Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy from Carleton University – Ottawa, Canada, and a Diploma in Trade and Investment Opportunities for SMEs from the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce – Bangkok, Thailand. She has also pursued other studies and training at the Higher Institute for Diplomatic and Consular Training (INESDYC). She is fluent in English and has a good command of French.

She is a career diplomat with 24 years of service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic. A professional with both academic and practical experience in diplomacy, she is goal-oriented and acts with integrity.

Her guiding principles are inclusion and respect for human rights. Ambassador Pujol Rodriguez is married and has one daughter.

Relations between Germany and the Dominican Republic have traditionally been friendly. Economic exchange (especially tourism) and development cooperation are key factors in relations between the Dominican Republic and Germany. The number of Germans living in the country is estimated to be around 10,000, most of whom have settled on the north coast (in Puerto Plata, Cabarete and Sosúa) and in the capital Santo Domingo.

Economic relations between Germany and the Dominican Republic have intensified, especially since the beginning of the country’s economic upswing in the late 1990s. There are some 60 German companies operating there. The Dominican government is keen to strengthen economic relations with Germany. Interest focuses on German medical technology, alternative-energy technology and its products to resolve problems in the energy sector and, more recently, “clean” mining technology, as well as tourism (identifying new segments like ecotourism and sport/wellness tourism).

Germany is one of the Dominican Republic’s principal European markets for organic products, a German firm for eco-standards has set up business in the country to monitor product quality.