Rita Bosaho

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
Incumbent
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 (Malabo), Spanish Guinea, Spain
Political partyPodemos
Alma materUniversity of Alicante
OccupationPolitician, activist, sanitary staff

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 to 2023. She was a member of the 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies. In 2015, Bosaho became the first person of color, male or female, to be elected to a seat in the Spanish Parliament.[1][2]

Biography

Bosaho on 21 May 1965 in Santa Isabel (Malabo),[3][4] 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.[5][6]

Bosaho moved to Spain at the age of 4, living with military foster families in Cádiz and Cartagena before moving to Alicante.[7]

She holds a degree in history from the University of Alicante.[8] She worked as a nurse for 23 years in Alicante's general hospital.[9] 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.[6] 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,[7] 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,[10] a decision which was disputed by opponents within the local branch.[8] As she earned a seat, she became Spain's first-ever black member of the Lower House.[9][11] 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.[12] She assumed the post on 31 January.[13] In 2023, PM Sánchez ceded the whole Ministry of Equality team.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Spain's First Black Member Of Parliament And The 'New Politics'". NPR. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ^ "Spain's first black lawmaker – DW – 03/13/2016". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  3. ^ "XII Legislatura (2016-2019). Bosaho Gori, Rita Gertrudis". Congress of Deputies.
  4. ^ Juan, Miguel de (2016). "El papel de las ONG y de la sociedad ha suplido a veces la vergüenza del propio Estado" (PDF). Derecho (3). Red Acoge: 10.
  5. ^ Rita Bosaho, la lucha por la mujer llega de África al Congreso, El Mundo, 18 December 2015
  6. ^ a b "Rita Bosaho, mano derecha de Irene Montero, primera diputada afroespañola y sobrina de franquista". El Mundo. 21 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b Rita Bosaho: “Hay que cambiar la estructura del patriarcado”, El País, 24 December 2015
  8. ^ a b Los críticos de Podemos cuestionan a Bosaho como cabeza de lista, El Mundo, 9 November 2015
  9. ^ a b Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becomes Spain's first female black MP, The Guardian, 21 December 2015
  10. ^ Candidaturas presentadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre
  11. ^ Pablo Iglesias mete a uno de los suyos como 'cunero' en Alicante, El Mundo, 21 May 2016
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ EFE. "El equipo del Ministerio de Igualdad promete construir un país "verdadera feminista" al tomar posesión". eldiario.es. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  14. ^ "Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new cabinet". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
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