Cristina Gallach
Cristina Gallach | |
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| Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Economy of Language | |
| In office 3 March 2022 – 14 February 2024 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 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 |
| Under-Secretary 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 | 1 April 1960 Sant Quirze de Besora, Spain |
| Political party | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona Columbia University |
Cristina Gallach (born 1960) is a Spanish journalist and former European Union and United Nations official. She was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean of the Spanish government from 2020 to 2021. She is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).
She is the only Spanish woman who has served in high rank positions both in EU, NATO and UN organizations.