Susana Malcorra

Susana Malcorra
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2015
President	Mauricio Macri
Preceded by	Héctor Timerman
Undersecretary General of the United Nations for Field Support
In office 14 March 2008 – 1 March 2012
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Jane Lute
Succeeded by	Anthony Banbury
Personal details
Born	18 November 1954 Rosario, Argentina
Other political affiliations	Cambiemos (2015–present)
Alma mater	National University of Rosario

Susana Mabel Malcorra (born in 1954, Rosario, Santa Fe) is the current foreign relations minister of Argentina. She was appointed by President Mauricio Macri on 24 November 2015.^[1] Prior to that she was Chef de Cabinet to the Executive Office at the United Nations, appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2012.^[2]

Upon learning of Malcorra's appointment as Minister in Argentina, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated her, adding that: "Ms. Malcorra has served the United Nations with great distinction. [...] I know from my conversations with world leaders and civil society that Ms. Malcorra is well-respected across the world."^[3][4][5]

Biography

Susana Mabel Malcorra was born in Rosario, in the Santa Fe Province. She is graduated as an Electrical Engineer from the University of Rosario. Between 1979 and 1993 she worked at IBM, that year she joined Telecom Argentina, where which she would become president. She is married and has one son.^[6] She describes herself as an atheist. Aside from her native Spanish, she also speaks, with varying levels of fluency, English, Portuguese and French.^[7]

Career

Malcorra served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Field Support. She was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2008, succeeding Jane Holl Lute.^[8] Prior to that, she had been chief operating officer and Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme, where she oversaw emergency and humanitarian operations in more than 80 countries. During the tsunami emergency in December 2004, she led the first phase of the operational response and mustered human resources, budget, finance, information, technology, telecommunications, administration and security to deal with the disaster.

Malcorra with US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Washington DC, March 2016

She had more than 25 years of experience in the private sector before joining the WFP.

She started her career at IBM Argentina in 1979. During her fourteen years in the company, she held several differennt positions, the last one being Branch Manager for Public Sector and Services. She was assigned to the headquarters in 1986 as part of the Management Development Programme. She left IBM Argentina in January 1993 to join Telecom Argentina.

During her tenure at Telecom Argentina she again held various responsibilities, from Regional Manager and Head of the Mass Market Unit to chief operating officer. In 2001 she was appointed CEO of the company.

On December 2015, argentine President-Elect Macri announced her as future Chancellor. Since her first day in charge, she have been changing argentina's foreign policy, making a distance from bolivarian exes, and returning to a very close relationship with the United States and the European countries.

Honors and awards

•  Spain : Dame Bow Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic^[9]
•  Bolivia :Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes^[10]

References

1. "Mauricio Macri nombró a Susana Malcorra como canciller". www.lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
2. "Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet". United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
3. "Susana Malcorra 'a Strong Voice for Gender Equality', Secretary-General Says, Welcoming Her Appointment as Argentina's New Foreign Relations Minister | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
4. "Ban Ki-moon felicitó a Susana Malcorra por la designación en Cancillería". www.lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
5. "Ban Ki-moon felicitó a Malcorra por su designación como canciller | TN.com.ar". Todo Noticias. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
6. "El perfil de Susana Malcorra, la canciller que eligió Mauricio Macri". Infobae. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
7. "Macri tomó juramento a su Gabinete". Perfil. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
8. "Secretary-General Appoints Susana Malcorra of Argentina to Head Department of Field Support". United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
9. "Malcorra se reunió con su par español para avanzar en el acuerdo comercial Mercosur-UE". La Nación. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 2016.
10. "Susana Malcorra recibe el Cóndor de los Andes". El Diario. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2016.