Cabrera is county commissioner of District 6, which represents parts of Coral Gables, Hialeah and the City of Miami​.

President-elect Donald Trump is elevating Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Panama in the upcoming administration. In 2020, Cabrera worked as Florida State Director for Trump’s campaign. Late last year, Cabrera was elected as a Republican State Committeeman.

Commissioner Kevin Cabrera, a Republican who won his county election two years ago after an endorsement by Trump, got the ambassador nod on Christmas Day through a social media post by the president-elect. The nomination comes days after he met with Trump at his Palm Beach private club, Mar-a-Lago..