Janaina Tewaney Mencomo

Janaina Tewaney Mencomo (born 14 July 1984) is a politician from Panama. She was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama from October 2022 to July 2024. Before that, she was the Minister of Government (similar to interior minister) from March 2020 to October 2022.

 Education 
Tewaney studied at Colegio San Agustín in Panama. In 2006, she finished law school at the University of Panama. Her final paper was about the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, and she got the highest score. 

She also got a Master of Laws in arbitration and mediation from the University of Hong Kong, where she wrote about the role of mediation in helping countries understand each other. 

 Career 
Tewaney worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, helping negotiate free trade deals. She also worked as a research assistant in Hong Kong, studying nuclear and chemical disarmament and peaceful conflict solutions.

In India, she worked for the Strategic Foresight Group, where she focused on terrorism financing, international security, and water issues between countries.

She helped Oxford University with a report on global terrorism, and worked on water security issues in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

In the government of President Laurentino Cortizo, she was an advisor on international security. In 2020, she became Minister of Government, where she helped launch a program to support economic opportunities for Indigenous women, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank.

 References 

 Other websites   
 Janaina Tewaney – Ministry of Government

Category:Living people  
Category:1984 births
Category:Panamanian politicians