Pilar Cancela Rodríguez
Pilar Cancela Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for International Cooperation | |
| Assumed office July 21, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ángeles Moreno Bau |
| Member of the Spanish Parliament | |
| In office January 5, 2016 – July 27, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1967 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Political party | PSOE PSdeG–PSOE |
| Education | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Occupation | Politician |
Pilar Cancela Rodríguez (August 21, 1967, Stuttgart, Germany) is a Spanish politician who has been serving as Secretary of State for International Cooperation in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021.
Since 2017, Cancela Rodríguez has been Secretary of the Migration Policies and PSOE del Exterior area in the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE. She has been a deputy for the Partido de los Socialistas de Galicia-PSOE (PSdeG-PSOE) in Congress during the XI, XII, XIII and XIV legislatures. From September 2016 to July 2021 she chaired the Equality Commission of the Congress of Deputies.