Diana Riba | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Spain |
Personal details | |
Born | Diana Riba i Giner 21 February 1975 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Citizenship | Spain |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Republics Now |
Spouse | Raül Romeva |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Diana Riba i Giner (born 21 February 1975) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the European Parliament.
Riba was born on 21 February 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [1] [2] She has a degree in pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. [1] [2]
Riba started her career at the Center for Initiatives and Research Centers in the Mediterranean Foundation (CIREM). [1] Later she worked for La Caixa Foundation co-ordinating and managing conferences on cinema and literature at the CaixaForum. [1] [2] She was a cultural programmer for the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures held in Barcelona. [1] [2] She ran the Pati dels Llibres book shop in Sant Cugat del Vallès between 2008 and 2019. [1] [2] She was treasurer of the Catalan Council of the Children's and Youth Books (Consell Català del Llibre Infantil i Juvenil). [2] [3]
Riba is a member of the Castellers in Sant Cugat and the Catalan Association for Civil Rights (Associació Catalana pels Drets Civils). [1] [2] In December 2018 she was chosen by the Republican Left of Catalonia to be its number two candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain. [4] [5] [6] She contested the election as an Republics Now electoral alliance candidate in Spain and was elected to the European Parliament. [7] [8]
Riba is the partner of jailed Catalan minister Raül Romeva. [9] [10] They have two children – Elda and Noah. [1] [2]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2019 European [7] [8] | Spain | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republics Now | 3 | Elected |