Английская Википедия:Anna Balletbó i Puig

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Family name hatnote Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Anna Balletbó i Puig (born 15 December 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist and politician. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

Early life and education

Balletbò was born in Barcelona on 15 December 1943.[1] His aunt was the grandmother of football manager Pep Guardiola.[2]

Balletbò attended a boarding school in England where she studied the English language.[2] She attended a journalism institute in Spain.[2] She is a graduate of the University of Barcelona where she received a degree in educational sciences.[1][3] She also obtained a degree in modern history and communication sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1][3]

Career and activities

Following her graduation worked as a pre-school teacher for seven years.[2] Then she started her journalistic career being a regular contributor of the newspaper El Correo Catalán.[2] Then she began to work for BBC.[2]

In 1979 she was elected as a deputy from Barcelona for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[1][4] Her tenure at the Congress of Deputies ended in 2000.[2][5]

She worked as a faculty member at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1975 and became a professor at the faculty of information sciences.[6] She was part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[1] She is also cofounder of the Olof Palme International Foundation which was established in Barcelona in 1989.[7] Balletbò has been the head of the organization.[7]

Balletbò has published various books and articles.[8]

Awards

Balletbò received the Swedish decoration Order of the Polar Star in 1985 and the Catalan decoration Creu de Sant Jordi in 2006.[6]

References

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