Alexandra Hill Tinoco | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2019 | |
| President | Nayib Bukele Claudia Rodríguez (acting) |
| Preceded by | Carlos Castaneda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) San Salvador, El Salvador |
Alexandra Hill Tinoco is a Salvadoran politician who has been El Salvador's Foreign Minister since June 2019.
Early life and education[edit]
Hill Tinoco is the daughter of Jaime Hill, who was president of the Anti-drug Foundation of El Salvador (Fundasalva) and alderman of the municipal council of San Salvador.[1] She has a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Latin American studies from Boston University and a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was a NIDA Humphrey Fellow and specialized in public policy management, prevention of drug use and drug abuse treatment.[1][2][3]
She is a member of the Hill family, whose roots go back to James Hill, an Englishman who sailed to El Salvador in order to start a coffee-planting business. The business developed greatly by using new strategies to develop new coffee mixtures.[4]
Career[edit]
Hill Tinoco worked as executive director of Fundasalva, an NGO focused on the prevention and treatment of drug abuse.[2] She was a member of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in 2006 and led the Drug Reduction Section in 2012.[2]
Hill Tinoco has worked in the Organization of American States and with the United States Department of State and the United Nations Office on Drugs.[1] Along with Elizabeth Lira, she authored the book The Other Face of Peace (1995).[2] Hill Tinoco was the first cabinet appointment announced by President-elect Nayib Bukele, on Twitter, in May 2019.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Campos Madrid, Gabriel (3 May 2019). "Bukele designó a Alexandra Hill Tinoco como nueva canciller". La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Reyes, Magdalene; Tejada, R. (2 May 2019). "Alexandra Hill Tinoco será la Canciller de la República en la gestión de Bukele". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "NIDA Humphrey Fellow Named Chancellor of El Salvador". National Institute on Drug Abuse. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Review: Augustine Sedgewick's 'Coffeeland'". The Atlantic. 15 March 2020.