Rosa Díez
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Rosa Díez | |
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Member of Basque Parliament | |
In office 1986–1999 |
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Member of European Parliament | |
In office 1999–2007 |
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Spokesperson of Union, Progress and Democracy | |
In office 26 September 2007 – 11 July 2015 |
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Succeeded by | Andrés Herzog |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 April 2008 |
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Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | Sodupe (Güeñes), Basque Country, Spain |
27 May 1952
Political party | Union, Progress and Democracy |
Other political affiliations |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (1977–2007) |
Spouse(s) | José Ignacio Fernández de Ochoa |
Children | Two |
Rosa María Díez González (born May 27, 1952) is a Spanish politician from Union, Progress and Democracy and a Deputy in the Congress of Deputies since 2008.
Career
She was a former Member of the European Parliament for the PSOE ("Partido Socialista Obrero Español" or Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), integrated in the Party of European Socialists. In 2007 she gave up her seat and left the PSOE particularly due to disagreement on what she perceived to be the Socialists' drift on individual liberties, ETA.
She founded a new political party, UPyD (Unión, Progreso y Democracia or Union, Progress and Democracy), based on the existing movement of Basque citizens against ETA violence ¡Basta Ya!. In 2008 and 2011, she was elected to the Congress of Deputies (Spain) representing Madrid district. In the Spanish General Elections of 2011, she was re-elected and her party was the fourth most voted party in Spain.
Díez personally advocates for lower public wages. Subsequently and although she is the UPyD spokesperson on five committees, she is only paid for one of them.[1]
On May 24, 2015 she announced she would not seek reelection as spokesperson of UPyD due to the party's poor performance in the regional and municipal elections.
References
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External ñinks
- UPyD Website (in Spanish).
- UPyD Manifesto (in Spanish).
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Enkarterri
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
- Union, Progress and Democracy politicians
- Members of the ninth Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Spanish women in politics
- Recipients of the Order of Constitutional Merit
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs
- MEPs for Spain 2004–09
- Female MEPs for Spain
- Leaders of political parties in Spain