Ángeles Albert de León has been appointed general director of Fine Arts and Cultural Goods

Just 48 hours after the resignation of José Jiménez, the Cabinet approved the appointment of Ángeles Albert de León (Madrid, 1962), as proposed by the Minister for Culture, González-Sinde. Albert is the first woman to take on this role. Up to now she has been working for the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), part of the Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry, where she was deputy assistant general director for Cultural Cooperation and Foreign Cultural Promotion, and, more recently, head of the Foreign Culture Centres Network Unit. She has also directed the Centro Cultural de España in Mexico. Albert has a degree in Geography and History, specialising in Prehistory and Archaeology, and belongs to the team of museum curators of the Ministry for Culture.
After having a director of Fine Arts and Cultural Goods who came from the field of contemporary art, an exceptional occurrence in the history of this post, it was almost impossible to appoint someone with the same background. We must trust that her interests go beyond historical heritage and that she will deal with the current issues in the cultural world. We wish her the best of luck.