Maria Ubach i Font
{{short description|Andorran diplomat and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maria Ubach i Font
| image = Maria Ubach Minister Foreign Affairs Principality Andorra.jpg
| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra
| primeminister = Antoni Martí
Xavier Espot
| term_start = 17 July 2017
| term_end = 16 May 2023
| predecessor = Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
| successor = Imma Tor Faus
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|06|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = La Massana, Andorra
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democrats for Andorra
| alma_mater = University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Sorbonne University
| caption = Ubach in 2022
}}
Maria Ubach i Font (born 14 June 1973) is an Andorran diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 17 June 2017 to 16 May 2023[https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/029047/Pagines/GN20170712_14_12_48.aspx Decret del 12-07-2017 pel qual es fa públic el cessament del ministre d’Afers Exteriors i el nomenament de la ministra d’Afers Exteriors i del ministre d’Economia, Competitivitat i Innovació.] {{in lang|ca}} under the governments of Prime Minister Antoni Martí and the current Head Xavier Espot.[https://www.govern.ad/ministeri-d-afers-exteriors Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702183535/https://www.govern.ad/ministeri-d-afers-exteriors |date=2019-07-02 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/031045/Pagines/GN20190521_16_33_43.aspx Decret del 21-5-2019 pel qual el cap de Govern nomena els membres del Govern i els seus càrrecs respectius.] {{in lang|ca}}
In 1998 she obtained a degree in economics from the University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail and a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.[https://www.exteriors.ad/images/stories/el-ministeri/CV_M_Ubach.pdf CURRICULUM VITAE] {{in lang|ca}}
Political and diplomatic career
In 1998 she began her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra as a technician. Until 2001 she was a permanent representative attached to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Between 2001 and 2006 she was the first secretary at the Embassy of Andorra in France and a permanent delegate attached to UNESCO. From 2006 until 2011, she was director of the Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation office of the Ministry.[https://www.govern.ad/ministeri-d-afers-exteriors Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702183535/https://www.govern.ad/ministeri-d-afers-exteriors |date=2019-07-02 }} {{in lang|ca}}
Between October 2011 and June 2015 she was ambassador in France and Portugal[http://www.unesco.org/eri/permdel/cv/AND_Ambassador%20Ubach%20Font_FR.pdf Maria Ubach Font] (residing in Paris), as well as being a permanent delegate to UNESCO and representative to the Permanent Council of La Francophonie. Between 2015 and 2017 she was Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and the European Union, residing in Brussels.
As Minister, Ubach is leading the negotiations for an association agreement between Andorra and the European Union.[https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/72051/europa-protagonitzara-el-primer-repte-del-nou-govern-tripartit Europa protagonitzarà el primer repte del nou Govern tripartit] {{in lang|ca}} She was reappointed by newly elected Prime Minister Xavier Espot on 22 May 2019.[https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2019/05/20/maria_ubach_judith_pallares_sumen_govern_espot_146004_1125.html Maria Ubach i Judith Pallarés s'incorporen al Govern Espot] {{in lang|ca}}
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Category:Andorran women in politics
Category:Ambassadors of Andorra to France
Category:Ambassadors of Andorra to Portugal
Category:Ambassadors of Andorra to the European Union
Category:Permanent delegates of Andorra to UNESCO
Category:Female foreign ministers
Category:Women government ministers of Andorra
Category:Democratic Party (Andorra) politicians
Category:University of Paris alumni
Category:University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès alumni
Category:People from La Massana
Category:21st-century women politicians
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