Diana Riba

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In this Catalan name, the family name is Riba.
Diana Riba
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Riba in July 2018
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Constituency Spain
Personal details
Born Diana Riba i Giner
(1975-02-21) 21 February 1975 (age 49)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship Spanish
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 Ahora Repúblicas
Spouse(s) Raül Romeva
Children Elda and Noah
Alma mater

Diana Riba i Giner (born 21 February 1975) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the European Parliament for Spain.

Early life

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]

Career

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 Ahora Repúblicas electoral alliance candidate in Spain and was elected to the European Parliament.[7][8]

Personal life

Riba is the partner of jailed Catalan minister Raül Romeva.[9][10] They have two children – Elda and Noah.[1][2]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Diana Riba
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2019 European[7][8] Spain Republican Left of Catalonia Ahora Repúblicas 3 Elected

References

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