In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grynspan and the second or maternal family name is Mayufis.
Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Incumbent
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
(1955-12-14) 14 December 1955 (age 68) San José, Costa Rica
Political party
National Liberation Party
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Costa Rica University of Sussex
Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis (born 14 December 1955) is a Costa Rican economist who has been serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 13 September 2021.
Grynspan previously served as Ibero-American Secretary General (2014–2021) and as a UN Under-Secretary-General[1] and the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2010–2014). She previously served as Director of UNDP's Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in December 2005.[2] She was the Vice President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998.
^"Rebeca Grynspan, Secretaria General Iberoamericana". SEGIB website. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
^"ECLAC Officer Appointed as UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean". CEPAL. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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