Soledad Gallego-Díaz

Soledad Gallego-Díaz Fajardo (21 April 1951 – 5 May 2026) was a Spanish journalist. She was the editor of Spanish newspaper El País from June 2018 to June 2020.

Life and career Born in Madrid on 21 April 1951, she lived for a year in Palo Alto and another year in Nashville when she was a toddler. She took studies at the Official School of Journalism of Madrid. She worked for Pyresa and Cuadernos para el Diálogo before joining El País shortly after the foundation of the newspaper in 1976.

Her appointment as the first-ever female editor of El País was announced in June 2018. She succeeded Antonio Caño, who had been the editor since 2014.

Gallego-Díaz died on 5 May 2026, at the age of 75.