Diana Riba i Giner (born 21 February 1975) is a

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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. She has a degree in pedagogy from the University of Barcelona.

Career

Riba started her career at the Center for Initiatives and Research Centers in the Mediterranean Foundation (CIREM). Later she worked for

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Foundation co-ordinating and managing conferences on cinema and literature at the

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. She was a cultural programmer for the 2004

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held in Barcelona. She ran the Pati dels Llibres book shop in Sant Cugat del Vallès between 2008 and 2019. She was treasurer of the Catalan Council of the Children's and Youth Books (Consell Català del Llibre Infantil i Juvenil). Riba is a member of the

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in Sant Cugat and the Catalan Association for Civil Rights (Associació Catalana pels Drets Civils). In December 2018 she was chosen by the Republican Left of Catalonia to be its number two candidate at the

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in Spain. She contested the election as an

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electoral alliance candidate in Spain and was elected to the European Parliament.

Personal life

Riba is the partner of jailed Catalan minister

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. They have two children – Elda and Noah.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riba, Diana 1975 births Living people Ahora Repúblicas MEPs Women politicians from Catalonia MEPs for Spain 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Spain Politicians from Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia MEPs University of Barcelona alumni