Loyola de Palacio
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Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (16 September 1950 – 13 December 2006) was a Spanish politician. She was among the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of reconstituted democracy. She was a minister in the Spanish government from 1996 to 1998 (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food), and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Palacio and the second or maternal family name is del Valle Lersundi.
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Loyola de Palacio | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
In office 6 May 1996 – 30 April 1999 | |
Monarch | H.M. Don Juan Carlos I |
Prime Minister | José María Aznar López |
Preceded by | Luis María Atienza |
Succeeded by | Jesús Posada |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 22 June 1986 – 28 October 1989 | |
Constituency | Segovia |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 28 October 1989 – 17 July 1999 | |
Constituency | Segovia |
Vice-President of the European Commission European Commissioner for Parliamentary Relations, Transport and Energy | |
In office 16 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 | |
President | Romano Prodi |
Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen (Parliamentary Relations) Neil Kinnock (Transport) Christos Papoutsis (Energy) |
Succeeded by | Siim Kallas (Parliamentary Relations) Jacques Barrot (Transport) Andris Piebalgs (Energy) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (1950-09-16)16 September 1950 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 13 December 2006(2006-12-13) (aged 56) Madrid, Spain |
Political party | People's Party |
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