Díaz chooses the Spanish ambassador to the UN Agustín Santos as number two on the list of Sumar por Madrid

He was Chief of Cabinet of Minister Moratinos in the Government of Zapatero

The current Spanish ambassador to the United Nations, Agustín Santos Maraver, will go number two on the list for Madrid de Sumar, the coalition of left-wing parties led by Vice President Yolanda Díaz, for the general elections.

Díaz herself communicated this on Monday on her Twitter account, where she stressed that this announcement is "very good news", since "the defense of multilateralism, human rights and the global fight against climate change are key in Add".

In this way, the first five positions on the list for Madrid are clarified, since number three is the Saharawi activist Tesh Sidi, fourth place falls to the leader of Más Madrid, Íñigo Errejón, and fifth place will be held by the secretary General of Podemos and Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra.

Santos Maraver was born in Los Angeles (United States) on September 21, 1955. He has a degree in Philosophy and Letters and in Political Science and Sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid. He entered the Spanish diplomatic career in 1982 and has served since 2018 as Spain's permanent representative ambassador to the United Nations in New York.

During his career he has held various positions, including having served as Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Ángel Moratinos during the period of the socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as President of the Government, as well as Chief of Staff of the President of the Agency Association of International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office, the Human Rights Council and International Organizations in Geneva.

He has also been Consul General of Spain in Cape Town (South Africa) and in Perpignan (France) and has held positions in various destinations, such as Washington D.C., Beijing, Canberra, Brussels and Havana.

After learning of the election, several related to the second vice president have highlighted the profile of Santos and the ideality of his incorporation, as the deputy in the last legislature and representative of Galicia in Common Antón Gómez-Reino.

"A democratic project of well-being and future for our society and for the world is built by adding the peace tradition of the left and the experience and commitment of people who, like Agustin Santos, know how to make multilateralism the best tool for transformation", has underlined.