Sira Rego
MEP
Official portrait, 2023
Minister of Youth and Children
Assumed office
21 November 2023
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 20 November 2023
ConstituencySpain
Member of the Rivas-Vaciamadrid City Council
In office
13 June 2007 – 15 June 2019
Personal details
Born (1973-11-20) 20 November 1973
Valencia, Spain
Political partyCommunist Party of Spain
United Left
Sumar (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Workers' Commissions
Ecologists in Action

Sira Abed Rego (born 20 November 1973)[1] is a Spanish dietitian and politician affiliated with United Left (IU), who was a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023.[2] In that capacity she was nominated as European United Left–Nordic Green Left's candidate for President of the European Parliament,[3] placing fourth in the election held on 3 July 2019.[4][5][6]

She has been committed to the fight against violence against women in all areas and throughout the world.[7]

On 21 November 2023, she was appointed Minister of the Government of Spain, in charge of Youth and Children.

In the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, Rego posted a post in favour of Palestinian "right to resist".[8]

Controversies

In September 2023 Rego was one of the few MEPs to vote against the EU's position against the Russian army's forced deportation of more than 2,000 Ukrainian children from their country to Russification camps in Belarus.[9]

Personal life

Born in Valencia to a Spanish mother and a Palestinian father, Rego spent part of her early life in 'Anata.[10] Her father lives with Sira's brother in the West Bank.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Comisión Colegiada | IZQUIERDA UNIDA". 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia. 26 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sira Rego is the Left's candidate for EU Parliament Presidency". New Europe. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "David Sassoli elected President of the European Parliament". News: European Parliament. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sira Rego ve "prioritario e imprescindible" que "se siga reforzando la lucha para erradicar la violencia contra las mujeres en todos los ámbitos"" [Sira Rego sees it as "a priority and essential" that "the fight to eradicate violence against women in all areas continues to be strengthened."] (in Spanish). 9 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Spanish politician who on Oct. 7 said Palestinians have 'right to resist' is made a cabinet minister". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sira Rego, la ministra de Infancia que no condenó el internamiento de niños ucranianos en campos de rusificación".
  10. ↑ "La nueva ministra Sira Rego y su infancia en Palestina, donde permanece su familia". Vanitatis. 23 November 2023 – via El Confidencial.
  11. ↑ Gil, Andrés (20 November 2023). "Sira Rego, la eurodiputada de IU con raíces palestinas que será nueva ministra de Juventud e Infancia". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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