Pilar Cancela Rodríguez

Born in Stuttgart (Germany)

She holds a degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has a Superior Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention. Mediator/Arbitrator in extrajudicial settlement of labor disputes.

He speaks Galician and has a medium level of English.

Official of the Superior Body of the General Administration of the Xunta de Galicia (1993). General Secretary of the Galician Council of Labor Relations (2002-2003) General Director of Labor Relations of the Xunta de Galicia (2005-2009) Deputy. Congress of Deputies (2015-2021) President of the Congressional Equality Commission (2016-2021) President of the Commission on the State Pact on Gender Violence. Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2021-2023) President of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (2021-2023) President Advisory Group of the UN Secretary-General for the Localization of the SDGs of Agenda 2020

In her political career she is a member of the Federal Executive of the PSOE as Secretary of the Area of Migration Policy and Foreign Policy and PSOE Exterior since 2017. Patron of the Pablo Iglesias Foundation (2018-2022) Secretary Organization of the PSdeG-PSOE (2013-2016) Managing President PSdeG-PSOE (2016-2017)

He has participated as a speaker in many conferences, seminars and conferences related to the achievement of gender equality and the fight against gender violence in different areas of society and public life, as well as on international cooperation for development and migration.