Rebeca Grynspan
Rebeca Grynspan | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Secretary-General of UNCTAD | |
| Assumed office 13 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mukhisa Kituyi |
| Secretary-General of the Ibero-American General Secretariat | |
| In office 1 April 2014 – 10 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Enrique Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Allamand (designated) |
| Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme | |
| In office 1 February 2010 – 1 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ad Melkert |
| Succeeded by | Maria Eugenia Casar |
| Second Vice President of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 1994 – 8 May 1998 | |
| President | José María Figueres |
| Preceded by | Arnoldo López Echandi |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Odio Benito |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1955 |
| Party | National Liberation Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Costa Rica University of Sussex |
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alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis (born 14 December 1955) is a Costa Rican economist who has served as Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 2021. She was previously Secretary-General of the Ibero-American General Secretariat from 2014 to 2021 and Vice President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998.
Grynspan is a candidate in the 2026 election to succeed António Guterres as United Nations Secretary-General.