María Fernanda Espinosa

María Fernanda Espinosa with Celso Amorim of Brazil

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (born September 7, 1964^[1]) is an Ecuadorian diplomat. She is currently the Minister of Coordination of Heritage from the Republica of Ecuador, as well she served as the Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations and as the Foreign Relations Ministry.

Education and career history

She studied linguistic, geography and anthropology at the "Catholic University of Ecuador." She went on to become a PhD candidate in Environmental geography at Rutgers University. In addition she won the "First National Poetry Prize of Ecuador" in 1990.^[2]

Under President Rafael Correa, Espinosa was Minister for Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Integration from January 2007 to December 2007. She was then Special Adviser to the President of the Constituent Assembly from December 2007 to February 2008 before being appointed as Ecuador's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She presented her credentials as Permanent Representative on March 7, 2008.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", United Nations Press Release, BIO/3968, March 7, 2008.
2. ^ Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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