Aina Calvo
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Calvo|Sastre|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Aina Calvo
|image = Aina_Calvo_en_la_Convención_Municipal_del_PSOE_en_Sevilla_de_2011.jpg
|office = Secretary of State for Security
|term_start = 4 June 2025
|term_end =
|predecessor = Rafael Pérez Ruiz
|successor =
|office2 = Secretary of State for Equality
|term_start2 = 5 December 2023
|term_end2 = 4 June 2025
|predecessor2 = Ángela Rodríguez
|successor2 = María Guijarro Ceballos
|office3 = Delegate of the Government in the Balearic Islands
|term_start3 = 12 February 2020
|term_end3 = 5 December 2023
|predecessor3 = Rosario Sánchez Grau
|successor3 = Alfonso Luis Rodríguez Badal
|office4 = AECID Director
|term_start4 = 10 July 2018
|term_end4 = 11 February 2020
|predecessor4 = Luis Tejada Chacón
|successor4 = Magdy Esteban Martínez Solimán
|office5 = Mayoress of Palma de Mallorca
|term_start5 = 16 June 2007
|term_end5 = 11 June 2011
|predecessor5 = Catalina Cirer
|successor5 = Mateu Isern
|office6 = Member of the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
for Mallorca
|term_start6 = 25 May 2003
|term_end6 = 10 June 2004
|office7 = City Councilor of Palma
|term_start7 = 16 June 2007
|term_end7 = 13 June 2015
|birth_name = Aina Calvo Sastre
|birth_date = {{start date and age|1965|5|13}}
|birth_place = Palma de Mallorca, Spain
|death_date =
|death_place =
|nationality = Spanish
|party = Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands
|alma_mater = University of the Balearic Islands
}}
Aina María Calvo Sastre, known as Aina Calvo (born in 1969), is a Spanish academic and politician, currently serving as Secretary of State for Security since 2025.
A former mayor of Palma de Mallorca, Calvo served as Secretary of State for Equality from 2023 to 2025 and as Delegate of the Government in the Balearic Islands from 2020 to 2023. She also served as Director of Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation from 2018 to 2020.[http://www.aecid.es/ES/Paginas/Sala%20de%20Prensa/Noticias/2018/2018_07/Aina-Calvo-directora-AECID.aspx Aina Calvo, nueva Directora de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511223724/https://www.aecid.es/ES/Paginas/Sala%20de%20Prensa/Noticias/2018/2018_07/Aina-Calvo-directora-AECID.aspx |date=2021-05-11 }} {{in lang|es}}
Biography
Born in Palma de Mallorca, in 1969, she resided in Zaragoza for family work purposes until 1983, when she returned to Palma. She studied at Glasgow first as a graduate student with an Erasmus scholarship and, later, as a professor at the University of Strathclyde.[https://blogainacalvo.wordpress.com/about/ Biografia] {{in lang|ca}}
She is a Doctor of Pedagogy and professor of the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of the Balearic Islands in a situation of special services and visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh. In 2003 she joined the PSIB-PSOE, being elected as a member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands. Calvo has been part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation as Assistant Director General of Cooperation and Cultural Promotion of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation between 2004 and 2006, when PSIB candidate is designated to the City Council of Palma de Mallorca. In the municipal elections of 27 May 2007[http://www.embat.com/htm/eventos/evento.asp?Id=127&Id_seccion=5 Un perfil d’Aina Calvo, candidata socialista a la Batlia de Palma] {{in lang|ca}} her candidacy is second, but manages to form a government thanks to a pact with UM.[http://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2017/08/13/598f6cade5fdeaea768b461e.html Aina Calvo: "Rodríguez me ofreció pactar si él controlaba las empresas públicas"] {{in lang|es}} However, in February 2010 the government pact was broken by expelling the UM councillors after being suspected of corruption, ruling the rest of the term in minority. She lost the municipal elections on 22 May 2011, remaining as spokeswoman of the Municipal Group.[http://www.abc.es/especiales/elecciones-municipales-autonomicas/2011/candidatos/aina-calvo-sastre-palma-mallorca-2387.html Aina Calvo Sastre] {{in lang|es}}[https://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/aina-calvo-reclama-a-mateu-isern-un-pla-d-austeritat-global-sense-improvisacions.html Aina Calvo reclama a Mateu Isern un pla d'austeritat global] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001122/https://dbalears.cat/actualitat/balears/aina-calvo-reclama-a-mateu-isern-un-pla-d-austeritat-global-sense-improvisacions.html |date=2018-06-20 }} {{in lang|ca}}
During the 38th Congress of the PSOE, she formed part of the team of Carme Chacón in her candidacy to the General Secretariat of the PSOE, which was defeated by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.[https://ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2012/01/10/60723/calvo-pasa-a-integrar-el-equipo-politico-de-chacon-por-ser-la-mejor-opcion-de-futuro.html Calvo pasa a integrar el 'equipo político' de Chacón por ser «la mejor opción de futuro»] {{in lang|es}}
In March 2012, she resigned as Secretary General of the Socialist Group of Palma. However, after the resignation of her successor, she postulated to direct the local group again. On 6 July 2012, she was elected General Secretary of the Socialist Group of Palma, obtaining 64.7% of the votes against the 35% of her rival Jaume Garau.[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/07/06/baleares/1341600451.html Aina Calvo vuelve a la secretaría general del PSOE de Palma] {{in lang|es}}
After the 2015 local elections, Calvo returned to its position as professor of the University of the Balearic Islands. However, after the arrival to power of socialist Pedro Sánchez, Calvo was appointed executive director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in July 2018,{{Cite web |last=Villarino |first=Ángel |date=2018-07-04 |title=La exalcaldesa de Palma de Mallorca Aina Calvo, nueva directora de AECID |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2018-07-04/aina-calvo-aecid-psoe-directora-institucion-sanchez_1587614/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es}} serving as such until February 2020, when she returned to the Balearic Islands as delegate of the government.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-11 |title=Aina Calvo, nueva delegada del Gobierno en Baleares |url=https://www.ondacero.es/emisoras/baleares/mallorca/noticias/aina-calvo-nueva-delegada-gobierno-baleares_202002115e430a0a0cf2b9c7a1106083.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=OndaCero |language=es}}
In late 2023, minister Ana Redondo García appointed her as Secretary of State for Equality.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-05 |title=La delegada del Gobierno y ex alcaldesa Aina Calvo será la 'número dos' del Ministerio de Igualdad |url=https://e00-elmundo.uecdn.es/baleares/2023/12/05/656f4d3d21efa0987c8b45dd.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}
In May 2025, her future appointment as Secretary of State for Security was confirmed..{{Cite web |last=Santesteban |first=Nuria |date=2025-05-29 |title=Aina Calvo será la nueva secretaria de Estado de Seguridad - EFE |url=https://efe.com/espana/2025-05-29/aina-calvo-nueva-secretaria-estado-seguridad/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=EFE Noticias |language=es-ES}}
References
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Category:Women mayors of places in Spain
Category:People from Palma de Mallorca
Category:Members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Category:21st-century Spanish women politicians