Isabel Celaá

Isabel Celaá
In February 2019
Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See
and the Order of Malta
Assumed office
26 January 2022
Preceded byMaría del Carmen de la Peña
Minister of Education and Vocational Training
In office
7 June 2018  11 July 2021
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byÍñigo Méndez de Vigo
Succeeded byPilar Alegría
Spokesperson of the Government
In office
7 June 2018  13 January 2020
Preceded byÍñigo Méndez de Vigo
Succeeded byMaría Jesús Montero
Minister of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government
In office
9 May 2009  14 December 2012
PresidentPatxi López
Preceded byJosé Antonio Campos Granados
Succeeded byCristina Uriarte
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office
20 November 2012  2 August 2016
In office
25 November 1998  12 May 2009
ConstituencyBiscay
Personal details
Born (1949-05-23) 23 May 1949
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
Political partySocialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
University of Valladolid

María Isabel Celaá Diéguez (born 23 May 1949) is a Spanish politician. In June 2018, she was appointed Minister of Education and Vocational Training and Spokesperson of the Government of Spain. Since 2022, she serves as Ambassador to the Holy See.