Diana Riba
Diana Riba | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Spain |
Personal details | |
Born | Diana Riba i Giner 21 February 1975 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Citizenship | Spain |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Ahora Repúblicas |
Spouse | Raül Romeva |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Diana Riba i Giner (born 21 February 1975) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the European Parliament.
Early life
[edit]Riba was born on 21 February 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[1][2] She has a degree in pedagogy from the University of Barcelona.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Riba started her career at the Center for Initiatives and Research Centers in the Mediterranean Foundation (CIREM).[1] Later she worked for La Caixa Foundation co-ordinating and managing conferences on cinema and literature at the CaixaForum.[1][2] She was a cultural programmer for the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures held in Barcelona.[1][2] She ran the Pati dels Llibres book shop in Sant Cugat del Vallès between 2008 and 2019.[1][2] She was treasurer of the Catalan Council of the Children's and Youth Books (Consell Català del Llibre Infantil i Juvenil).[2][3]
Riba is a member of the Castellers in Sant Cugat and the Catalan Association for Civil Rights (Associació Catalana pels Drets Civils).[1][2] In December 2018 she was chosen by the Republican Left of Catalonia to be its number two candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain.[4][5][6] She contested the election as an Republics Now electoral alliance candidate in Spain and was elected to the European Parliament.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Riba is the partner of formerly jailed Catalan minister Raül Romeva.[9][10] They have two children – Elda and Noah.[1][2]
Electoral history
[edit]Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2019 European[7][8] | Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republics Now | 3 | Elected |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Hinojoso, Silvia (19 January 2019). "Diana Riba, la pedagoga que busca billete a Bruselas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Diana Riba" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Barnils, Andreu (2 June 2018). "Diana Riba: 'Per més que el Raül passi trenta anys a la presó, el problema de Catalunya continuarà'". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "La parella de Raül Romeva, Diana Riba, serà la número 2 d'ERC a les eleccions europees". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Pons, Pere Antoni (25 March 2019). "Diana Riba: "Tot el que hem fet fins ara no ha estat en va"". Ara Balears (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Orio, Iván (30 March 2019). "Diana Riba: "Los presos ven la cárcel como una herramienta política para seguir adelante"". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). San Sebastián, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central – Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo. Candidaturas proclamadas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 103. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 April 2019. p. 46877. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Serra, OT (19 February 2019). "Diana Riba: "En Raül estava relaxat: ha dit el que volia i dormirà molt tranquil"". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Lillo, Manuel (22 May 2019). "Diana Riba: "La reacció internacional al retrocés democràtic que vivim és clara"". El Temps (in Catalan). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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