Rita Bosaho | |
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Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity in the Ministry of Equality | |
Assumed office January 31, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Ignacio Sola Barleycorn |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 13 January 2016 – 27 February 2019 | |
Constituency | Alicante |
Personal details | |
Born | Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea, Spain (now Malabo, Equatorial Guinea) | 21 May 1965
Nationality | Spanish [citation needed] |
Political party | Podemos |
Alma mater | University of Alicante |
Occupation | Politician, activist, sanitary staff |
Rita Gertrudis Bosaho Gori (born 21 May 1965) is an Equatorial Guinean-Spanish politician and activist member of Podemos, serving as Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity in the Spanish Ministry of Equality since 2020. She was a member of the 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies.
Bosaho on 21 May 1965 in Santa Isabel (Malabo),[1][2] in the province of Fernando Poo, Spanish Guinea. Bosaho is the niece of Enrique Gori Molubela , a bubi member of the Francoist Cortes, representing the then Spanish colony of Fernando Poo, as well as president of the Fernando Poo's provincial deputation.[3][4]
Bosaho moved to Spain at the age of 4, living with military foster families in Cádiz and Cartagena before moving to Alicante.[5]
She holds a degree in history from the University of Alicante.[6] She worked as a nurse for 23 years in Alicante's general hospital.[7] She earned a Master in Identities and Integration in Contemporary Europe and is preparing a PhD dissertation on the impact of European colonization in Africa.[4] She has also undertook activist work in the field of human rights, focusing, in particular, on reducing violence against women.
A member of Podemos, Bosaho stood as candidate in the party list vis-à-vis the May 2015 Valencian regional elections,[5] failing to win a seat. In November 2015, Bosaho was selected as the lead candidate on the party list to the Congress of Deputies in Alicante for the December 2015 general election,[8] a decision which was disputed by opponents within the local branch.[6] As she earned a seat, she became Spain's first-ever black member of the Lower House.[7][9] She renovated her seat at the 2016 general election.
In January 2020, following the formation of the Sánchez II Government, Bosaho was appointed as Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity of the Ministry of Equality led by Irene Montero.[10] She assumed the post on 31 January.[11]