Roser Suñé Pascuet (born 26 August 1960) is an Andorran politician, current and first female to hold the office of General Syndic of the

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, the Speaker of the Parliament of Andorra since 3 May 2019. She was born in the old town of

Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital (political), capital of the Andorra, Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, parish ...

on 26 August 1960 and studied Education in 1980 and Catalan Philology at the

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and graduated in 1983. She had been Ambassador to

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between 1999 and 2005, to

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and

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since 2000 to 2005. On 13 May 2011 she was named Minister of Education and Culture, until 7 April 2015, when was succeeded by Èric Jover.Es manté la incògnita sobre els nous titulars de Salut i Cultura

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