Nigerian Woman Running for 2015 Presidential Election in Spain

Nigerian woman running for 2015 Presidential election in Spain

Helen Mukoro, a Nigerian-Spanish Lawyer is running for 2015 Presidential election in Spain, which will be held on December 20, 2015. Mukoro hails from Delta state and worked briefly in Delta State Governor’s office before she left Nigeria to Spain in 1992.

According to African Leadership, she gained prominence in Spanish politics, when she founded a political party and later became the first Nigerian-Spanish to contest for the Mayor of Denia in May this year. Although she lost the election, her popularity soared higher as several people endorsed her for the highest office in the land.

She will be running on the platform of Union De Todos, a party she founder earlier this year. Helen holds several academic qualifications. Aside graduating in Law at the Spanish National University Alicante, she also holds a Master degree in Criminology, Masters degree in Social Education, a post graduate certificate in Tax and Labor Management, a post graduate certificate in Forensic Psychology, and a post graduate certificate in Immigration and Domestic Violence.