Ángeles Moreno Bau
Ángeles Moreno Bau | |
|---|---|
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| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Cristina Gallach |
| Secretary of State for International Cooperation | |
| In office 7 February 2020 – 21 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Juan Pablo de Laiglesia |
| Succeeded by | Pilar Cancela Rodríguez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 Madrid |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Ángeles Moreno Bau (born 1968) is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as the 14th and current Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2021. Previously, she served as the 12th Secretary of State for International Cooperation from 2020 to 2021.
Early life and education
Born in Madrid in 1968, Moreno earned a licentiate degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[1] She also studied sociology at The American University in Cairo and international law at the University of Vienna.[2]
Career
Having joined the diplomatic corps in 1994,[1] Moreno was destined to Mexico, Sierra Leone, Cairo, Panama and Moscow.[2] She was appointed as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation in July 2018.[2]
Following the formation of a new government in January 2020 and the appointment of Arancha González Laya as new foreign minister, Moreno was entrusted a Secretariat of State solely responsible for international cooperation, removed from the General State Administration since 2011.[1] She took office on 7 February 2020.[3]
In July 2021, the new Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, appointed her as the 14th Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.[4]
Other activities
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
References
- ^ a b c "La diplomática Ángeles Moreno Bau, nueva secretaria de Estado de cooperación internacional". eldiario.es. 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b c "Ángeles Moreno sustituye a Beatriz Larrotcha al frente de la Subsecretaría de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación". Crónicas de la Emigración. 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Laya anima al nuevo equipo a reforzar lazos y el lugar de España en el mundo". La Vanguardia. 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Ángeles Moreno, Juan Fernández y Pilar Cancela, al frente de las nuevas Secretarías de Estado de Exteriores". Europa Press. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Governance Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
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