Aina María Calvo Sastre, known as Aina Calvo (born in 1969), is a Spanish academic and politician, currently serving as Secretary of State for Security since 2025. A former mayor of

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

, Calvo served as

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from 2023 to 2025 and as Delegate of the Government in the Balearic Islands from 2020 to 2023. She also served as Director of

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from 2018 to 2020.

Biography

Born in Palma de Mallorca, in 1969, she resided in

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for family work purposes until 1983, when she returned to Palma. She studied at

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first as a graduate student with an

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scholarship and, later, as a professor at the

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. She is a Doctor of Pedagogy and professor of the Department of Educational Sciences of the

University of the Balearic Islands The University of the Balearic Islands (, UIB; ) is a Balearic Islands, Balearic Spain, Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma de Mallorca, Palma on the island of Majorca. The university is funded by the autonomous Government o ...

in a situation of special services and visiting professor at the

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. In 2003 she joined the PSIB-PSOE, being elected as a member of the

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. Calvo has been part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation as Assistant Director General of Cooperation and Cultural Promotion of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation between 2004 and 2006, when PSIB candidate is designated to the City Council of Palma de Mallorca. In the municipal elections of 27 May 2007 her candidacy is second, but manages to form a government thanks to a pact with UM. However, in February 2010 the government pact was broken by expelling the UM councillors after being suspected of corruption, ruling the rest of the term in minority. She lost the

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on 22 May 2011, remaining as spokeswoman of the Municipal Group. During the 38th Congress of the PSOE, she formed part of the team of

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in her candidacy to the General Secretariat of the PSOE, which was defeated by

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. In March 2012, she resigned as Secretary General of the Socialist Group of Palma. However, after the resignation of her successor, she postulated to direct the local group again. On 6 July 2012, she was elected General Secretary of the Socialist Group of Palma, obtaining 64.7% of the votes against the 35% of her rival Jaume Garau. After the 2015 local elections, Calvo returned to its position as professor of the

. However, after the arrival to power of socialist

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, Calvo was appointed executive director of the

(AECID) in July 2018, serving as such until February 2020, when she returned to the Balearic Islands as delegate of the government. In late 2023, minister Ana Redondo García appointed her as

. In May 2025, her future appointment as Secretary of State for Security was confirmed..

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvo, Aina 1969 births Living people Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Women mayors of places in Spain People from Palma de Mallorca Members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 21st-century Spanish women politicians Spanish municipal councillors Mayors of places in the Balearic Islands