Roser Suñé Pascuet (born 26 August 1960) is an Andorran politician who served as General Syndic of the General Council from 2019 to 2023, as a member of the Democrats for Andorra. Prior to her tenure in the General Council she was a diplomat for Andorra.

Early life

Roser Suñé Pascuet was born in

Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, Andorran parish that surrounds the capital. , the city had a populati ...

, on 26 August 1960, to a father from Vall Fosca and a mother from Civís. She graduated from Escola Blanquerna with a teaching degree in 1980, and from the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

with a degree in Catalan Philology in 1983.

Career

Working as a teacher in the 1980s and 1990s, Suñé was Director of Vocational Training for the Andorran Ministry of Education from 1994 to 1998, and Director of the Training Centre for Apprentices within the ministry from 1997 to 1998. She was Director of Foreign Policy, Bilateral Affairs and the European Union in the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

from 2002 to 2005. Andorra was represented at the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

by Suñé as minister

plenipotentiary A ''plenipotentiary'' (from the Latin ''plenus'' "full" and ''potens'' "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a sovereign. When used as a noun more generally, the word can als ...

from 1998 to 2002. She was Andorra's ambassador to Sweden from 1999 to 2005, Norway from 2000 to 2005, and Iceland from 2000 to 2005. She was the Minister of Education and Youth from 2011 to 2015. Democrats for Andorra placed Suñé as second on their

party list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can c ...

for the 2019 election. On 2 May 2019, Suñé was elected General Syndic of the General Council with 17 votes coming from the Democrats for Andorra, Committed Citizens, and Liberals of Andorra. Her opponent, Rosa Gili of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

, received 7 votes. She was the first woman to hold the position. Suñé declined to run in the 2023 election.

References

Works cited

News

* * * * *

Web

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suñe Pascuet, Roser 1960 births Living people Women legislative speakers Democrats for Andorra politicians Members of the General Council (Andorra) University of Barcelona alumni People from Andorra la Vella Women government ministers of Andorra Andorran women in politics 20th-century women politicians General Syndics of the General Council (Andorra) Andorran women ambassadors