Soledad Gallego-Díaz (born 1951) is a Spanish journalist, and was the editor of Spanish newspaper ''

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'' from June 2018 to June 2020.

Biography

Born in

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in 1951, she lived for a year in

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and another year in

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when she was a toddler. She took studies at the Official School of Journalism of Madrid. She worked for Pyresa and ''

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'' before joining ''El País'' shortly after the foundation of the newspaper in 1976. She has been correspondent in

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and

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. She won the

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in 2010. Her appointment as the first-ever female editor of ''El País'' was announced in June 2018. She succeeded

Antonio Caño Antonio Caño Barranco (born 1957) is a Spanish journalist. He was the editor of ''El País'' from 2014 to 2018. Biography Born in 1957 in Martos. After a brief spell working for the Agencia EFE, he joined ''El País'' at a young age, working a ...

, who had been the editor since 2014. Before becoming the editor of ''El País'' she also collaborated in ''

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'' and was a member of the editorial board of '' ctxt.es''.

References

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