Albares breaks the glass ceiling of diplomacy and appoints two women as ambassadors in Washington and Beijing

2023-12-17 23:10:42

The head of Spanish diplomacy, José Manuel Albares, has decided to take a giant leap in feminist foreign policy and break the glass ceiling of diplomacy. For the first time in history, he will place two women at the head of the two most important foreign ministries in the world, Washington and Beijing, as elDiario.es has been able to confirm from government sources.

Ángeles Moreno Bau will thus leave her current position as Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs (number two in the Ministry, according to the organizational chart) to take charge of the Spanish embassy in Washington. For her part, Marta Betanzos will occupy the Spanish legation in Beijing, once the Chinese Government grants the mandatory permission, where she will arrive from Lisbon.