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Encyclopedia > Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma

Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma, Spanish politician, is the President of the autonomous community of Madrid.


Biography

She was born on Madrid, 3rd March 1952.


She graduated in Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1974. In 1975, she became a public servant at the Tourism section. Later she grew in responsibility in the Ministry of Culture.


She was a city councilor in Madrid in the 1983-1995 terms, initially for the Partido Liberal and from 1986 for the People's Party


In the 6th term (1996-2000), she was minister of Education for the goverments of José María Aznar. By 2000, she was replaced with Pilar del Castillo in order to run for a Senate seat.


Until her resign in 2003 to face elections to the Parliament of Madrid, she was the first female President of the Spanish Senate (although it is possible to be deputy of a regional legislature and senator, it is forbidden to be member of a regional government and senator).


Within the Party, she has favored liberal positions.


During her ministry, she was a frequent target of jokes by the TV program Caiga quien caiga.


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Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma (March 3, 1952, Madrid), Spanish politician, is the President of the autonomous community of Madrid since 2003.
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In 1975, she became a public servant at the Tourism section.
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