Ángeles Moreno Bau Explained

Office:Ambassador of Spain to the United States
Term Start:1 February 2024
Predecessor:Santiago Cabanas
Office2:Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Primeminister2:Pedro Sánchez
Term Start2:21 July 2021
Term End2:20 December 2023
Predecessor2:Cristina Gallach
Successor2:Diego Martínez Belío
Office3:Secretary of State for International Cooperation
Primeminister3:Pedro Sánchez
Term Start3:7 February 2020
Term End3:21 July 2021
Predecessor3:Juan Pablo de Laiglesia
Successor3:Pilar Cancela Rodríguez
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Madrid
Nationality:Spanish

Ángeles Moreno Bau (born 1968) is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as ambassador of Spain to the United States since 2024.

Previously, she has been Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the second government of Pedro Sánchez from 2021 to 2023 and 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, Moreno was destined to Mexico, Sierra Leone, Cairo, Panama and Moscow. She was appointed as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation in July 2018.

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. 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]

In January 2024, she was appointed as ambassador of Spain to the United States, being the first woman to hold the office.[5] She assumed the office in February 2024.

Other activities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La diplomática Ángeles Moreno Bau, nueva secretaria de Estado de cooperación internacional. eldiario.es. 4 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Ángeles Moreno sustituye a Beatriz Larrotcha al frente de la Subsecretaría de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación. 14 July 2018. Crónicas de la Emigración.
  3. Web site: Laya anima al nuevo equipo a reforzar lazos y el lugar de España en el mundo. La Vanguardia. 7 February 2020.
  4. Web site: 2021-07-20. Ángeles Moreno, Juan Fernández y Pilar Cancela, al frente de las nuevas Secretarías de Estado de Exteriores. 2021-07-21. Europa Press.
  5. Web site: EP . 2024-01-16 . El Gobierno nombra a las nuevas embajadoras en EEUU y China . 2024-01-16 . elperiodico . es.
  6. https://www.isglobal.org/en/governance Governance