Pilar Cancela Rodríguez (August 21, 1967, Stuttgart, Germany) is a Spanish politician who has been serving as Secretary of State for International Cooperation in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021.[1]
Pilar Cancela Rodríguez | |
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| Secretary of State for International Cooperation | |
| Assumed office July 21, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ángeles Moreno Bau |
| Member of the Spanish Parliament | |
| In office January 5, 2016 – July 27, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1967 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Political party | PSOE PSdeG–PSOE |
| Education | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Occupation | Politician |
Since 2017, Cancela Rodríguez has been Secretary of the Migration Policies and PSOE del Exterior area in the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE. She has been a deputy for the Partido de los Socialistas de Galicia-PSOE (PSdeG-PSOE) in Congress during the XI, XII, XIII and XIV legislatures.[2] From September 2016 to July 2021 she chaired the Equality Commission of the Congress of Deputies.[3]
Career
editCancela Rodríguez was secretary of Organization of the PSdeG.
Member of Parliament
editIn December 2015, Cancela Rodríguez was elected deputy for La Coruña in Congress, being reelected in 2016. In September of that same year she was elected President of the Equality Commission of the Congress.[4]
In June 2017, Cancela Rodríguez was elected secretary of the area of Migration Policies and PSOE del Exterior in the executive of Pedro Sánchez.[5]
In her work in Congress, Cancela Rodríguez chaired the Subcommittee created within the Equality Commission for the elaboration of the State Pact on Gender Violence, approved on September 28, 2017, in the Plenary.[6] In July 2021, she left the presidency of the Equality Commission, being replaced on September 30, 2021, by Carmen Calvo.[3]
Career in government
editOn July 21, 2021, Cancela Rodríguez was appointed Secretary of State for International Cooperation.
In 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Cancela Rodríguez to co-chair his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, alongside Fatimatou Abdel Malick.[7]
Other activities
edit- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Member of the Board of Trustees[8]
References
edit- ^ "Ángeles Moreno, Juan Fernández y Pilar Cancela, al frente de las nuevas Secretarías de Estado de Exteriores". Europa Press. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "XIV Legislatura (2019-Actualidad). Cancela Rodríguez, Pilar". congreso.es. Archived from the original on 2020-01-12.
- ^ a b "Ábalos y Calvo ya presiden comisiones parlamentarias tras su salida del Gobierno". ElHuffPost (in Spanish). 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "Comisión de Igualdad del Congreso: tres hombres frente a 34 mujeres". Europa Press. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "La gallega Pilar Cancela Rodríguez ha sido elegida nueva secretaria de Área de Políticas Migratorias y PSOE del Exterior – DLM". eldiariodelamarina.com. 2017-09-10. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "Diario de Sesiones del Congreso. Pleno y Diputación Permanente. DSCD-12-PL-79" (PDF). congreso.es (in Spanish).
- ^ Local and Regional Engagement, Action and Multi-Level Cooperation Are Vital to Rescue SDGs and Contribute to Topics under the Summit of Future United Nations, press release of 6 October 2023.
- ^ Governance Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).