Anna Balletbó i Puig

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Balletbó and the second or maternal family name is Puig.

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.

Anna Balletbó i Puig
Balletbó giving a speech at a meeting of the Olof Palme International Foundation in 2011
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 1979–2000
Constituency	Barcelona
Personal details
Born	(1943-12-15) 15 December 1943 (age 80) Barcelona, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona
Profession	Academic

Early life and education

Balletbò was born in Barcelona on 15 December 1943.^[1] Her 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 Balletbò 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 Balletbò 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]

Balletbò 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

1. Elizabeth Sleeman, ed. (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (3rd ed.). London: Europa Publication. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
2. "Sra. Anna Balletbò Puig" (in Spanish). Testimonios para la Historia. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
3. "Anna Balletbò defiende la importancia de la reivindicación de los derechos de las mujeres de «forma unida y constante»". El Periodic (in Spanish). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
4. Christina Gomez (28 October 2022). "Las mujeres del Congreso tras la victoria del PSOE en 1982". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
5. "Membres de la Comissió Delegada" (PDF). media.e-noticies (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
6. "Balletbó Puig, Ana María" (in Spanish). Fundación Pablo Iglesias. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
7. "Spain". Anna Lindh Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
8. "Balletbò, Anna". WorldCat. Retrieved 25 November 2022.