Rebeca Grynspan | |
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_Secretary-General_Rebeca_Grynspan.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Secretary-General of UNCTAD | |
| Assumed office 13 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mukhisa Kituyi |
| Secretary-General of the Ibero-American General Secretariat | |
| In office 1 April 2014 – 10 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Enrique Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Allamand (designated) |
| Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme | |
| In office 1 February 2010 – 1 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ad Melkert |
| Succeeded by | Maria Eugenia Casar |
| Second Vice President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 1994 – 8 May 1998 | |
| President | José María Figueres |
| Preceded by | Arnoldo López Echandi |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Odio Benito |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1955 San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | National Liberation Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Costa Rica University of Sussex |
Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis (born 14 December 1955) is a Costa Rican economist who has been serving as Secretary-General of the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 13 September 2021.
Grynspan previously served as Ibero-American Secretary General (2014–2021) and as a UN Under-Secretary-General[1] and the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2010–2014). She previously served as Director of UNDP's Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in December 2005.[2] She was the Vice President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998.
- ^ "Rebeca Grynspan, Secretaria General Iberoamericana". SEGIB website. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ "ECLAC Officer Appointed as UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean". CEPAL. Retrieved 12 July 2013.