Cristina Gallach
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Cristina Gallach (born 1960) is a Spanish journalist and former European Union and United Nations official. She was the 14th Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean of the Spanish government from 2020 to 2021. She serves as High Commissioner for Spain's New language economy strategic project since Feb 2022.[1] She is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).[2]
Quick Facts Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Economy of Language, Monarch ...
Cristina Gallach | |
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Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Economy of Language | |
Assumed office February 2022 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
Preceded by | Office established |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean | |
In office 5 February 2020 – 21 July 2021 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
Preceded by | Fernando Martín Valenzuela Marzo (Foreign Affairs) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia (Ibero-American Affairs) |
Succeeded by | Ángeles Moreno Bau (Foreign Affairs) Juan Fernández Trigo (Ibero-American Affairs) |
High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda | |
In office 7 July 2018 – 29 January 2020 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Undersecretary General of the United Nations for Communications and Public Information | |
In office 1 February 2015 – 9 August 2017 | |
Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
Preceded by | Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal |
Succeeded by | Alison Smale |
Personal details | |
Born | (1960-04-01) 1 April 1960 (age 64) Sant Quirze de Besora, Spain |
Political party | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona Columbia University |
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She is the only Spanish woman who has served in high rank positions both in EU, NATO and UN organizations.[3]