MARÍA FERNANDA ESPINOSA (Ecuador)

Former President of the UN General Assembly, fourth woman in history and first Latin American to preside over the body since its founding in 1945.

In Ecuador, Minister of Foreign Affairs on two occasions, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Culture and Heritage and advisor to the 2008 constitutional process.

She is currently a Member of the Group of Global Women Leaders, Voices for Change and Inclusion, Senior Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy, member and co-chair of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19; Advisor to the World Future Council, Member of the High Level Advisory Council of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, co-chair of the Coalition for the UN We Need and Goodwill Ambassador of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and the Common House of Humanity.