Alexandra Hill Tinoco

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

Alexandra Hill Tinoco
Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
Assumed office
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]

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. 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. 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.
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