Iratxe García Pérez
Iratxe García Pérez (born October 7, 1974 in Baracaldo ) is a Spanish politician of the socialist party PSOE and a member of the European Parliament . Since June 18, 2019, she has been the group leader of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats .
After a diploma in social work (1995), Iratxe García was a member of the municipal council of Laguna de Duero and the provincial parliament of Valladolid from 1995 to 2000 . She won a seat in the Spanish parliamentary elections in 2000 , which she held until 2004. In the 2004 European elections she was finally elected to the European Parliament , where she belongs to the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES). She was a member of the Committee on Regional Development for the entire electoral term .
In the EU Parliament period 2009-2014, Perez was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development , the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Delegation for Relations with India . Perez is a deputy in the Committee on Regional Development , in the Delegation for relations with Israel and the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean .
From 2014 to 2017 she was Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and thus a member of the Conference of Committee Chairs . She then remained a member of this committee until the end of the eighth electoral term. Pérez continued to be a member of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from 2014 to 2015 and of the Regional Development Committee from 2015 to 2019 .
Web links
- Entry on Iratxe García Pérez in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
- VoteWatch.eu: Iratxe García Pérez's voting behavior in the European Parliament (in English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Spaniard García new group leader of the European Social Democrats. In: welt.de . June 18, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ entry to Iratxe García Pérez in the House database of the European Parliament
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SURNAME | García Pérez, Iratxe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García, Iratxe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish politician (PSOE), MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7th 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baracaldo |