Pilar Trinidad Núñez, current deputy delegate of the Government in the Community of Madrid, appears as the likely substitute for Francisco Martín at the head of the Delegation after his resignation. According to what El País has published, sources from the Executive point to her appointment in the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Her rise is pending official confirmation.
Her career combines university teaching, academic management, and legal advice in the State Administration. Before joining the Madrid Subdelegation, she was general secretary of the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC), where she had also held the Vice-Rectorate of International Relations.
Doctor in Law and specialist in human rights
Trinidad holds a doctorate in Law from the University of Extremadura, where she obtained the extraordinary doctoral award in 2001 for her thesis on the protection of children in international human rights law.
Full professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the URJC, her academic activity has been linked to the study of human rights and the legal protection of vulnerable groups.
Her teaching experience includes stays as a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico, in the United States, and at the University of the Republic, in Uruguay. She has also taught classes in institutions in Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina.
From university management to the Government Subdelegation
At Rey Juan Carlos University, she was vice-rector of International Relations from October 2019 to April 2021. On April 16 of that last year, she assumed the General Secretariat, a responsibility she maintained until her incorporation to the Government Subdelegation. She had also directed the Inspection of Services of the university.
The Delegation announced her arrival on December 26, 2023, in replacement of Elena Bernardo Llorente, who went on to occupy the General Directorate of Spanish Citizenship Abroad and Return Policies. At that presentation, Trinidad described the responsibility as "a challenge and a great responsibility," which she took on "with all humility."
On January 11, 2024, she took office in an event where she expressed her commitment to work for a Community of Madrid "more just, more equal, and more prosperous." Francisco Martín then highlighted her legal and management experience.
Subsequently, the BOE published on February 28, 2024, the appointment resolution, dated the 19th of that month, after the free designation procedure. The document certifies her status as a civil servant of the Body of University Professors.
Experience in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice
Her time in the central Administration began before taking on responsibilities in Madrid. Between 2005 and 2009 she was a technical advisor in the International Legal Advisory of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
During that period, she participated in work for the United Nations, the European Union, and the OSCE, as well as in the Spanish delegation that intervened in the negotiations of treaties on enforced disappearances, rights of persons with disabilities, and economic, social, and cultural rights.
Between October 2018 and September 2019, she worked as a technical advisor in the Ministry of Justice, in the Subdirectorate of Relations with Religious Confessions, within the General Directorate of International Legal Cooperation.