Alexandra Hill Tinoco

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hill and the second or maternal family name is Tinoco.
Alexandra Hill Tinoco
John Bolton and Salvadoran FM Hill in San Salvador (1) (cropped).jpg
Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
Assumed office
1 June 2019
PresidentNayib Bukele
Preceded byCarlos Castaneda
Personal details
Born1965 (age 56–57)
San Salvador, El Salvador

Alexandra Hill Tinoco is a Salvadoran politician who has been El Salvador's Foreign Minister since June 2019.

Early life and education[]

Hill Tinoco is the daughter of Jaime Hill, who was president of the Anti-drug Foundation of El Salvador (Fundasalva) and alderman of the municipal council of San Salvador.[1] She has a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Latin American studies from Boston University and a master's degree in from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was a NIDA Humphrey Fellow and specialized in public policy management, prevention of drug use and drug abuse treatment.[1][2][3]

She is a member of the Hill family, whose roots go back to James Hill, an Englishman who sailed to El Salvador in order to start a coffee-planting business. The business developed greatly by using the forced labour of Native Americans.[4]

Hill Tinoco meets with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the Department of State in Washington D.C. in October 2019.

Career[]

Hill Tinoco worked as executive director of Fundasalva, an NGO focused on the prevention and treatment of drug abuse.[2] She was a member of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in 2006 and led the Drug Reduction Section in 2012.[2]

Hill Tinoco has worked in the Organization of American States and with the United States Department of State and the United Nations Office on Drugs.[1] Along with Elizabeth Lira, she authored the book The Other Face of Peace (1995).[2] Hill Tinoco was the first cabinet appointment announced by President-elect Nayib Bukele, on Twitter, in May 2019.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Campos Madrid, Gabriel (3 May 2019). "Bukele designó a Alexandra Hill Tinoco como nueva canciller". La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Reyes, Magdalene; Tejada, R. (2 May 2019). "Alexandra Hill Tinoco será la Canciller de la República en la gestión de Bukele". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "NIDA Humphrey Fellow Named Chancellor of El Salvador". National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  4. ^ "Review: Augustine Sedgewick's 'Coffeeland'". The Atlantic.
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