Spanish politician
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero
Assumed office 1 July 2014Constituency Spain In office 13 December 2011 – 1 July 2014Constituency Valencia In office 9 March 2008 – 19 April 2009Constituency Valencia In office 5 February 2012 – 27 July 2014Preceded by Octavio Granado Succeeded by
Manuel Vázquez (Economy)
Maria Luz Fernández (Employment)
In office 18 April 2009 – 14 October 2011Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Preceded by José Damián Santiago Succeeded by José Damián Santiago
Born Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández
(1958-01-07 ) 7 January 1958 (age 66) Madrid , Spain Political party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Other political affiliations Alma mater Occupation Economist, politician
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (pronounced [immakuˈlaða roˈðɾiɣeθ piˈɲeɾo] ; born 7 January 1958, in Madrid ) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Married with two children, she earned a master's degree in economic theory from the University of Minnesota and served as economic and employment spokesperson for the PSOE.[ 1]
Role in national politics
In 2008, Rodríguez-Piñero was selected as second placed candidate[ 2] on the PSOE list for Valencia province and was consequently elected to the Spanish national parliament .
On 16 April 2009 Rodríguez-Piñero was named State Secretary for Infrastructure and Planning by the Minister of Public Works José Blanco López in the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero . She subsequently resigned her parliamentary seat.[ 3] In her capacity as State Secretary, she served as ex-officio member of the board of the Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte Terrestre (SEIIT).
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
Rodríguez-Piñero has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 European elections . She has since been serving on the Committee on International Trade . Since 2019, she has been part of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.[ 4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Rodríguez-Piñero is part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization ,[ 5] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[ 6] and the Spinelli Group .[ 7]
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Political offices
Preceded byJosé Damián Santiago
Secretary-General of Infrastructure 2009–2011
Succeeded byJose Damián Santiago
Party political offices
Preceded byOctavio Granado
Secretary of Economic Policies and Employment of PSOE 2012–2014
Succeeded byManuel Vázquezas Secretary of Economy
Succeeded byMaría Luz Fernándezas Secretary of Employment
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