Rebeca Grynspan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rebeca Grynspan
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1955(1955-12-14)
Age	69
Country	Costa Rica
Birth City	San José
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Rebeca Grynspan Biography

Rebeca Grynspan is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 14, 1955 in San José, Costa Rica. Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis (born 14 December 1955) is a Costa Rican economist, the current Ibero- American Secretary General, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, and the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 1994 to 1998, she was Costa Rica’s Vice President. Grynspan was previously the Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau Latin America and the Caribbean. She was appointed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on December 5, 2005.

She was named one of Latin America’s 50 most influential intellectuals in 2014 and 2015. In 2017, she was awarded a Forbes Excellence Award. The Spanish Government also granted her the Grand Cross of Civil Order of AlfonsoX “The Wise”. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Extremadura as well as the European University in recognition of her professional accomplishments.

In September 2016, Grynspan was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.

Grynspan was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the position of UN Under-Secretary-General and the United Nations Development Programme Associate Administrator on Feb 1, 2010. At the UN and prior to her current appointment, Ms. Grynspan served as Assistant-Secretary-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Development Programme from 2006 to 2010.

Rebeca Grynspan Net Worth

Rebeca Grynspan is one of the richest Politician from Costa Rica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rebeca Grynspan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Grynspan was a Vice-President of Costa Rica 1994-1998, and simultaneously as Housing Minister 1996-1998. She also served as Coordinating Minister for Economy 1995-1996, Coordinating Minister for Social Affairs 1994-1998, and Vice-Minister for Finance 1986-1988.

From 2001 to 2006 she was the Director of the Subregional Headquarters Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. She also served as the Co-Chair for the Executive Board of the International Food Policy Research Institute. She was also a member the UN Millennium Project’s Task Force on Poverty and Economic Development and the UN High-Level Panel on Financing for Development.

Grynspan was unanimously elected Secretary General of the Ibero-American Secretary General (Secretaria General Iberoamericana), SEGIB, in a special meeting of the Ministers of External Relations on February 24, 2014 in Mexico City, in which representatives of all 22 member countries were present. She succeeded in the office Enrique V. Iglesias who had held the position since the establishment of SEGIB in 2005.

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Facts & Trivia

Rebeca Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Costa Rica. Rebeca Grynspan celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

Who is the first female Secretary-General of UNCTAD?

Rebeca Grynspan , of Costa Rica, was appointed the eighth Secretary- General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

Who is the Secretary-General of United Nation Conference on Trade and

Development?

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultations with the Chairpersons of the regional groups of Member States, requested the General Assembly to confirm Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Who is the first President of UNO?

Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium) Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak, Foreign Minister of Belgium, was elected first President of the General Assembly of the United Nations on January 16, 1946 and held this office for one session.

Who was the first woman President of UNO?

In 1953, India’s Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit , pictured at UN Headquarters alongside the then Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, was elected as the 8th and first woman President.

Who is the chairman of UNCTAD?