Diana Riba

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

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Riba and the second or maternal family name is Giner; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Diana Riba
MEP
Riba in July 2018
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencySpain
Personal details
Born
Diana Riba i Giner

(1975-02-21) 21 February 1975
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Ahora Repúblicas
SpouseRaül Romeva
ChildrenElda and Noah
Alma mater

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]SpainRepublican Left of CataloniaAhora Repúblicas3Elected

References
  1. Hinojoso, Silvia (19 January 2019). "Diana Riba, la pedagoga que busca billete a Bruselas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Diana Riba" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. Barnils, Andreu (2 June 2018). "Diana Riba: 'Per més que el Raül passi trenta anys a la presó, el problema de Catalunya continuarà'". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. "La parella de Raül Romeva, Diana Riba, serà la número 2 d'ERC a les eleccions europees". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. Pons, Pere Antoni (25 March 2019). "Diana Riba: "Tot el que hem fet fins ara no ha estat en va"". Ara Balears (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. Orio, Iván (30 March 2019). "Diana Riba: "Los presos ven la cárcel como una herramienta política para seguir adelante"". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). San Sebastián, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  7. "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central – Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo. Candidaturas proclamadas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 103. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 April 2019. p. 46877. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. Serra, OT (19 February 2019). "Diana Riba: "En Raül estava relaxat: ha dit el que volia i dormirà molt tranquil"". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. Lillo, Manuel (22 May 2019). "Diana Riba: "La reacció internacional al retrocés democràtic que vivim és clara"". El Temps (in Catalan). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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