Susana Malcorra
| Susana Malcorra | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 10 December 2015 |
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| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by | Héctor Timerman |
| Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for Field Support | |
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In office 14 March 2008 – 1 March 2012 |
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| 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 18 November 1954, Rosario, Santa Fe) is the current foreign minister of Argentina. She was appointed by President Mauricio Macri on 24 November 2015. 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.
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."
Susana Mabel Malcorra was born in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe. She 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. She describes herself as an atheist. Aside from her native Spanish, she also speaks, with varying levels of fluency, English, Portuguese and French.
Malcorra served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Field Support. She was appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in March 2008, succeeding Jane Holl Lute. 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.
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