Ana Irene Delgado
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Her Excellency
|name = Ana Irene Delgado
|honorific-suffix =
|image = 1L0A8226.jpg
|caption = Delgado in 2021
|alt =
|order =
|ambassador_from = Panamanian
|country = the United Kingdom and Panama
|term_start = 11 November 2011
|term_end = June 2014
|predecessor = Gilberto Arias
|successor = Daniel Eduardo Fábrega Venier
|president = Ricardo Martinelli
Juan Carlos Varela
|order2 =
|ambassador_from2 = Panamanian
|country2 = Ireland
|term_start2 = 11 November 2011
|term_end2 = June 2014
|predecessor2 = Gilberto Arias
|successor2 = Daniel Eduardo Fábrega Venier
|president2 = Ricardo Martinelli
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|04|18|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Panama City, Panama
|nationality = {{Flagicon|Panama}} Panamanian
|relations = Hernán Delgado Quintero (father)
|residence = London
|alma_mater = Santa Maria La Antigua University
Florida State University
New York University School of Law
Stern School of Business
|occupation =
|profession = Panama Senator and lawyer
|religion =
|signature =
|signature_alt =
|website =
|footnotes =
|blank1 =
|data1 =
|blank2 =
|data2 =
|blank3 =
|data3 =
|blank4 =
|data4 =
|blank5 =
|data5 =
}}
Ana Irene Delgado (born 18 April 1982){{cite web|url=http://www.diplomaticandconsular.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=153&id=495&Itemid=29&act=am |title=Embassy of Panama - Head of Mission |publisher=Diplomatic & Consular Yearbook Online |accessdate=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220025909/http://www.diplomaticandconsular.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=153&id=495&Itemid=29&act=am |archivedate=20 December 2013 }} is a Panamanian lawyer, diplomat, and politician. Currently is the Ambassador of Panama to the Organization of American States, She also was the youngest Panamanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, the Ireland and Iceland as well as Panama's Representative to the International Maritime Organization from November 2011 to June 2014. She was the first ever Panama Ambassador who presented credentials to Ireland and Panamanian Ambassador to Iceland. She was elected Vice President of International Maritime Assembly and member of the board of directors of the International Maritime Organization. Succeeded by Mr. Daniel Eduardo Fábrega Venier.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205141/LDL_June_2013b.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=June 2013 |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office |accessdate=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625103908/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205141/LDL_June_2013b.pdf |archivedate=25 June 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dfa.ie/uploads/documents/Protocol/diplomatic%20list%20may%202013.pdf |title=Diplomatic List |date=May 2013 |publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |accessdate=11 June 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.is/media/MFA_pdf/Diplomatic-list-December-2012.PDF |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |date=December 2012 |publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs |accessdate=11 June 2013}} During Delgado's term the UK became the largest investor in Panama.
Ana Irene Delgado is an elected member of the executive committee of the International Fencing Federation.{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/fie/structure/executive-committee|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|website=FIE.org|access-date=2020-01-17}}
Education
Delgado completed a BSc in Law and Political Science at Santa Maria La Antigua University in 2004 before gaining an LL.M. at New York University School of Law in 2006. She also holds a BSc in International Affairs with Specialization in Economics from Florida State University and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Law, Business, Finance and Economics from the Stern School of Business. She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.{{cite web |url=http://www.solendeg.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:ana-irene-delgado&catid=38:partners&Itemid=54 |title=Ana Irene Delgado |publisher=Solis, Endara, Delgado & Guevara |accessdate=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074130/http://www.solendeg.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:ana-irene-delgado&catid=38:partners&Itemid=54 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} Delgado was admitted to Stanford MBA program in 2012.
Career
Delgado is a partner at Solis, Endara, Delgado & Guevara Law Firm. She is the managing partner of the firm in London since 2018, where she worked up until her ambassadorial appointment.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.nyu.edu/news/DELGADO_PANAMA_QUEEN |title=Ana Irene Delgado (LL.M. '06) named Panama Ambassador to the U.K. |date=16 March 2012 |publisher=New York University School of Law |accessdate=19 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/3372-panama.html |title=Panama - Her Excellency Ms Ana Irene Delgado |date=February 2012 |publisher=Diplomat |accessdate=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110233152/http://www.diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/3372-panama.html |archive-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead}} Delgado is member of the Board or New York University and is an active contributor to NYU's worldwide activities.
She is a recipient of the Constantine Order of Saint George as a Dame.
Delgado is also a recipient of Accademia Internazionale di Scienze Sociali per L'Industria, il Commercio e L'Artigianato de Palermo as an Accademico.
She is an active member of the Panamanian Association of Friendship with the People's Republic of China; The Panama Bar Association, Movimiento de Abogados Gremialistas (her father is the founder), Panamanian chamber of Commerce, British Panama Chamber of Commerce, and Panamanian Association of Executives and Industrialists (APEDE) and the Panama Representative of the Iberoamerican Institute of Law and Finance.
Advisor to Euro partnerships.
Personal life
A keen fencer and equestrian, Delgado has also represented Panama in fencing in the Bolivarian Games, Fencing World Cups and the Central American and Caribbean Games.{{cite web |url=http://www.theprisma.co.uk/2013/02/04/ana-irene-delgado-%E2%80%9Cwe-are-one-in-a-million%E2%80%9D/ |title=Ana Irene Delgado: "We are one in a million" |last=Briasco |first=Olga |date=4 February 2013 |website=The Prisma |accessdate=11 June 2013}} She continues to train at the Lansdowne Club with members of the British Olympic team.{{cite journal |last=Bloomfield |first=Steve |year=2013 |title=Panama's fresh face |journal=Monocle |volume=7 |issue=64 |pages=51 |issn=1753-2434 |url=http://www.monocle.com/magazine/issues/64/diplomacy-briefing/ |accessdate=11 June 2013 |archive-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828083826/http://monocle.com/magazine/issues/64/diplomacy-briefing/ |url-status=dead }} She works closely with International fencing Federation and International Olympic Committee. Delgado is also a keen long-distance runner.
Delgado is on the advisory board of OneSqin Foundation that among other activities help girls in need.
Delgado works closely with the Panamanian community and specially children from Panama East, Chepo, Chiman, Balboa and Taboga Constituency thru Fundacion La Providencia. Children thru art, culture and education.
References
{{reflist}}
- https://fie.org/fie/structure/executive-committee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado, Ana Irene}}
Category:New York University School of Law alumni
Category:21st-century Panamanian lawyers
Category:Ambassadors of Panama to the United Kingdom
Category:Ambassadors of Panama to Ireland
Category:Ambassadors of Panama to Iceland
Category:Permanent representatives of Panama to the Organization of American States
Category:Panamanian women lawyers