Spain nominates Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz to lead UN labour body ILO
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has officially nominated Yolanda Díaz, the second deputy prime minister and labour minister, to become the next director-general of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Díaz, who leads the left-wing Sumar coalition, would be the first woman and first Spaniard to head the Geneva-based UN agency. The endorsement comes despite strained relations between Sánchez and Díaz, who has clashed with him over social reforms and criticized his administration amid corruption scandals. Díaz has announced she will not seek re-election as Sumar leader in 2027, suggesting her political future may now lie internationally. She has recently increased her diplomatic travel, including trips to Switzerland, the US, China, and the ILO conference in Geneva. Díaz has highlighted the ILO's financial crisis following the US withdrawal of support for multilateral organizations, stressing the importance of defending the ILO's mandate that 'labour is not a commodity.'
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