Anabella Giracca
Anabella Giracca | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Giracca in February 2024 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2024 | |
| President | Bernardo Arévalo |
| Preceded by | Claudia Ruíz Casasola |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Movimiento Semilla |
Anabella María Giracca Méndez (born 14 October 1962) is a Guatemalan educator, writer and politician. She has been serving as Minister of Education of Guatemala since 2024. She is co-founder of the Movimiento Semilla.
Career
Giracca holds a degree in literature and philosophy and has a long career in education and human rights, focusing primarily on the protection of children and indigenous peoples.[1][2] As a writer, she has authored essays, columns, novels and children’s stories.[1]
She has coordinated the Bilingual Literacy Programme at Rafael Landívar University and directed the Institute of Linguistics and Interculturality, the UNESCO Chair in Communication for the Strengthening of Cultural Diversity, and programmes for rural teachers.[1][3] She is one of the co-founders of the Movimiento Semilla.[4]
Giracca has also served as an advisor to the Academy of Mayan Languages and has been involved in the management of teacher training programmes in rural areas of the country.[1] Since at least 2008, Giracca has been promoting the idea of establishing a university of the Maya people.[3]
On 8 January 2024, newly elected President Bernardo Arévalo presented his cabinet and announced Anabella Giracca as the new minister of education.[5] She was sworn in on 15 January 2024 by President Arévalo at National Palace.[6][7]
In January 2026, Giracca noted that 28,000 teachers had been recruited over a two-year period and that 20,000 new pupils would have been enrolled in secondary schools.[8] In May 2026, following protests by teachers, Giracca and Arévalo met with teachers’ representatives to take steps towards appointing many teachers to permanent posts.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Muñoz, Yuliza (17 January 2024). "Asumen nuevas autoridades del Ministerio de Educación" [New officials take office at the Ministry of Education]. Guatemalan News Agency. p. es. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Guatemala: Bernardo Arévalo presenta su gabinete de gobierno 2024". El Heraldo. La Prensa. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 "«En Guatemala pronto tendremos una Universidad del pueblo maya»" [“We will soon have a University of the Maya People in Guatemala”]. Hoy (in Spanish). 17 July 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Labrador, Gabriel (27 August 2023). "Semilla: de grupo de reflexión a la Presidencia de Guatemala" [Semilla: from a think tank to the Guatemalan Presidency]. El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Cué Barbarena, Ramiro (11 January 2026). "Las caras del gabinete paritario de Bernardo Arévalo, el primero en la historia de Guatemala" [The members of Bernardo Arévalo’s gender-balanced cabinet, the first of its kind in Guatemala’s history]. France 24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Aldana, Marysabel (15 January 2024). "Maratónica jornada concluye con juramentación del Gabinete de Bernardo Arévalo" [A marathon day concludes with the swearing-in of Bernardo Arévalo’s Cabinet]. La Hora (Guatemala) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Arellano, Pavel (15 January 2024). "Gabinete de Bernardo Arévalo: Presidente juramenta a los nuevos ministros y secretarios de Estado" [Bernardo Arévalo’s Cabinet: President swears in new ministers and secretaries of state]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Ortiz, Agustín (30 January 2026). "Mejores escuelas y más maestros: la consigna de la ministra de educación de Guatemala" [Better schools and more teachers: the slogan of Guatemala’s Minister of Education]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Cerón, José (2 May 2026). "Guatemala: Arévalo y ministra de Educación se reúnen con docentes para avanzar en su incorporación al personal permanente" [Guatemala: Arévalo and the Minister of Education meet with teachers to make progress on their appointment to permanent staff]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.