Isabel Saint Malo
| Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado | |
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| Vice President of Panama | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Varela |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Álvarez de Soto |
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| Born |
Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado 27 June 1968 Panama City, Panama |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Omar Alvarado |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Saint Joseph's University and Nova Southeastern University |
Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado (born 27 June 1968) is a Panamanian politician and the current the Vice President of Panama. She ran with elected President, Juan Carlos Varela, on the ticket made up of the Panameñista and Popular Parties’ alliance “El Pueblo Primero”. She is the first woman in Panama’s history elected for this post.[1]
Education
Saint Malo de Alvarado holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Saint Joseph's University and a Master´s Degree in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University, and has extensive experience in the development and public policy sectors.
Career
For 15 years she worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Panama; ending her career at the organization as Country Programme Manager and Assistant Resident Representative. She led several national consensus-building initiatives, including the Concertación Nacional para el Desarrollo that drafted a national development agenda towards 2025. Saint Malo also led several dialogue initiatives in education, health, social security and governance, among them the Bambito and Coronado Agreements which were successful in facilitating the transition to democracy in the early 90’s and national legislation that created the Panama Canal Authority. At UNDP she managed an extensive project portfolio in initiatives related to poverty reduction, environmental protection, modernization of the state, and democratic governance.
In recent years Saint Malo has served as an independent consultant for international organizations as well as the public and private sectors. At the behest of the National Government, in 2010 she acted as Independent Facilitator of the dialogue process that culminated in the reform of Law No. 30 and successfully averted a confrontation among different sectors.
Saint Malo was Alternate Ambassador to the Panamanian Mission to the United Nations in New York and served as part of negotiations teams for different regional political processes from her position at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors for several private and non profit institutions and was awarded in 2012 The Women of the Year Award.[2]
Foreign Minister of Panama
Upon being elected as Vice President of Panama, President-elect Juan Carlos Varela also named Saint Malo as his Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3]
Personal life
She is married and has three children.
References
- ↑ Chambers, Mon Alicia. "Isabel de Saint Malo: La vicepresidenta". La Prensa.
- ↑ "Mujer destacada del año". 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "Varela names first three ministers". Newsroom Panama. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
External sources
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado. |
- Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Vicepresidenta de Juan Carlos Varela(Spanish)
- Mujeres en la Vicepresidencia(Spanish)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Fernando Núñez Fábrega |
Minister of Foreign Relations 2014-present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Juan Carlos Varela |
Vice President of Panama 2014–present | |