Rita Bosaho

Rita Gertrudis Bosaho Gori (born 21 May 1965) is an Equatorial Guinean-Spanish politician and activist member of Podemos, serving as Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity in the Spanish Ministry of Equality since 2020. She was a member of the 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bosaho and the second or maternal family name is Gori.
Rita Bosaho
Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity in the Ministry of Equality
Assumed office
January 31, 2020
Preceded byIgnacio Sola Barleycorn
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 January 2016 – 27 February 2019
ConstituencyAlicante
Personal details
Born (1965-05-21) 21 May 1965
Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyPodemos
Alma materUniversity of Alicante
OccupationPolitician, activist, sanitary staff

Biography

Bosaho on 21 May 1965 in Santa Isabel (Malabo),[1][2] in the province of Fernando Poo, Spanish Guinea. Bosaho is the niece of Enrique Gori Molubela, a bubi member of the Francoist Cortes, representing the then Spanish colony of Fernando Poo, as well as president of the Fernando Poo's provincial deputation.[3][4]

Bosaho moved to Spain at the age of 4, living with military foster families in Cádiz and Cartagena before moving to Alicante.[5]

She holds a degree in history from the University of Alicante.[6] She worked as a nurse for 23 years in Alicante's general hospital.[7] She earned a Master in Identities and Integration in Contemporary Europe and is preparing a PhD dissertation on the impact of European colonization in Africa.[4] She has also undertook activist work in the field of human rights, focusing, in particular, on reducing violence against women.

A member of Podemos, Bosaho stood as candidate in the party list vis-à-vis the May 2015 Valencian regional elections,[5] failing to win a seat. In November 2015, Bosaho was selected as the lead candidate on the party list to the Congress of Deputies in Alicante for the December 2015 general election,[8] a decision which was disputed by opponents within the local branch.[6] As she earned a seat, she became Spain's first-ever black member of the Lower House.[7][9] She renovated her seat at the 2016 general election.

In January 2020, following the formation of the Sánchez II Government, Bosaho was appointed as Director-General for Equality of Treatment and Ethnic-racial Diversity of the Ministry of Equality led by Irene Montero.[10] She assumed the post on 31 January.[11]

References
  1. "XII Legislatura (2016-2019). Bosaho Gori, Rita Gertrudis". Congress of Deputies.
  2. Juan, Miguel de (2016). "El papel de las ONG y de la sociedad ha suplido a veces la vergüenza del propio Estado" (PDF). Derecho. Red Acoge (3): 10.
  3. Rita Bosaho, la lucha por la mujer llega de África al Congreso, El Mundo, 18 December 2015
  4. "Rita Bosaho, mano derecha de Irene Montero, primera diputada afroespañola y sobrina de franquista". El Mundo. 21 January 2020.
  5. Rita Bosaho: “Hay que cambiar la estructura del patriarcado”, El País, 24 December 2015
  6. Los críticos de Podemos cuestionan a Bosaho como cabeza de lista, El Mundo, 9 November 2015
  7. Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becomes Spain's first female black MP, The Guardian, 21 December 2015
  8. Candidaturas presentadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre
  9. Pablo Iglesias mete a uno de los suyos como 'cunero' en Alicante, El Mundo, 21 May 2016
  10. La elegida para encabezar la Dirección de Igualdad de Trato y Diversidad étnico-racial renuncia para evitar el malestar de colectivos antirracistas in eldiario.es (in Spanish)
  11. EFE. "El equipo del Ministerio de Igualdad promete construir un país "verdadera feminista" al tomar posesión". eldiario.es. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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