Helen Mukoro: Nigerian Woman Who Could Emerge As Spain’s First Female Prime Minister [Profile]

Helen Mukoro, a Nigerian-born Spanish lawyer, is making history as the first woman and the first immigrant to run for Spain’s presidency, or the role of Prime Minister.

Mukoro recently emerged as the presidential candidate of her new opposition party, Union De Todos, for Spain’s upcoming general election in December, Nigeria’s the Sun News reported Sept. 3.

Mukoro gained prominence in Spain’s political scene after she founded Union De Todos, which loosely translates in English to “Union of All,” and in May she became the first Nigerian-Spanish candidate to run for mayor of Denia in Spain’s eastern province of Alicante. Mukoro lost the election, but her popularity soared and several people endorsed her for the presidential ticket, according to Nigerian newspaper the Guardian.

Mukoro, who lives in the eastern city of Denia, runs a legal firm and has worked as a legal consultant at the Red Cross Society in Spain. She served as CEO and president of the African Europe chamber of commerce and CEO and president of the National Agency of Forensic Experts, Mediators and Technical Professionals of Spain and Europe.

Apart from her career and qualifications as an attorney, Mukoro is an author and holds various academic degrees. She holds degrees in social education and criminology and post-graduate certificates in tax and labor management, forensic psychology and in immigration and domestic violence, according to her personal website.

It remains to be seen if History could be made.