María Jesús San Segundo
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María Jesús San Segundo Gómez de Cadiñanos (born March 25, 1958 in Medina del Campo , † December 17, 2010 in Madrid ) was a Spanish economist and politician . Between 2004 and 2006 she was Minister of Education under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero .
Career
San Segundo graduated from the University of Basque Country with a degree in economics in 1980 and then moved to the United States for a Masters degree . After graduating from Princeton University in 1982 , she successfully completed a Ph.D. -Education. She then returned to the University of the Basque Country as part of the academic staff. There she rose to professor, later she also taught at the University of Carlos III . Between 2000 and January 2004 she was Vice Rector of the Madrid University.
In January 2004, San Segundo was accepted into the shadow cabinet of Zapatero and, after the parliamentary elections in March 2004 , from which the PSOE emerged as the winner, was sworn in as Minister of Education on April 17th of that year. As a result, she initiated two central reform projects for education and universities, respectively. After a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of the resignation of the previous Defense Minister José Bono Martínez , she handed over her office to Mercedes Cabrera in April 2006 .
A short time later, in July 2006, San Segundo was appointed Spanish ambassador to UNESCO , a position she held until shortly before her death. Just before Christmas 2010, she died at the age of 52 years of a cancer .
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | San Segundo, María Jesús |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | San Segundo Gómez de Cadiñanos, María Jesús (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Medina del Campo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 2010 |
| Place of death | Madrid |