Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish lawyer,professor,and politician,who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997,and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the restoration of democracy,from 1982 to 1996. He remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain to be freely elected.
Elisa María Avelina "Lilita" Carrió is an Argentine lawyer,professor,and politician. She is the leader of Civic Coalition ARI,one of the founders of Cambiemos,and was National Deputy for Chaco Province and Buenos Aires. Carrióis considered a liberal,Christian,and heterodox politician in Argentina.
Nilda Celia Garré is an Argentine lawyer,politician,and diplomat. She was Minister of Defense during the presidency of the late Nestor Kirchner and remained in this position,and as Minister of Security,under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. She was the first woman in her country's history to serve in either office. She also served as the Argentine Representative to the OAS. She served numerous terms as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies,the latest one from 2015 to 2019.
María del Carmen Calvo Poyato is a Spanish politician and author who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2018 to 2021.
Carmen Montón Giménez is a Spanish politician currently serving as Permanent Observer Ambassador of Spain to the Organization of American States.
Clara Campoamor Rodríguez was a Spanish politician,lawyer and writer,considered by some the mother of the Spanish feminist movement. She was one of the main promoters for women's suffrage in Spain,included in the Spanish Constitution of 1931 in part owing to her advocacy.
María Dolores Cospedal García is a Spanish politician. A member of the People's Party (PP),she served as President of Castile-La Mancha from 2011 to 2015 and as Minister of Defence of the Government of Spain from 2016 to 2018. She also was the PP's Secretary-General,second to party president Mariano Rajoy,from 2008 to 2018.
María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón is a Spanish former politician of the People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2011 to 2018. She was member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid from 2004 until 2018.
Inés Arrimadas García is a Spanish lawyer and former politician who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies and Spokesperson of Citizens party in the Congress. She was previously the leader of the regional branch of the party in Catalonia. In March 2020,she was voted party leader.
Susana Díaz Pacheco is a Spanish politician from Andalusia and a leading figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) as the former leader of the Andalusian PSOE-A.
Juan Manuel "Juanma" Moreno Bonilla is a Spanish politician and president of the Andalusian branch of the People's Party. Since 18 January 2019,he has been the President of the Government of Andalusia. He represented the Cantabria constituency in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2000 to 2004 and the Málaga constituency from 2007 to 2011. He has also been a member of the Senate of Spain and Parliament of Andalusia.
Eduardo Martín Toval was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as a Deputy between 1977 and 1980,and again between 1982 and 1995 and as a member of the Catalan Parliament between 1980 and 1982.
The 18th National Congress of the People's Party was held in Madrid from 10 to 12 February 2017,to renovate the governing bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The congress was initially due for 2015,but the various elections held in Spain that year and the deadlock in the government formation negotiations leading up to the 2016 general election,as well as a major crisis over the issue within the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),saw the event being delayed until early 2017.
Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as Member of the European Parliament. Previously,she served as Minister of Health,Social Services and Equality of Spain from 2016 to 2018,when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government.
The 19th National Congress of the People's Party,officially the 19th Extraordinary National Congress,was held in Madrid from 20 to 21 July 2018,to renovate the governing bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. A primary election to elect the new party president was held on 5 July. The congress was called by the party's National Board of Directors on 11 June as a consequence of former Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy's resignation as PP leader on 5 June,following the motion of no confidence that had voted his government down on 1 June. The leadership election was the first whereby PP members directly participate in choosing a leader for the party. On 26 June 2018,it was announced that only 66,706 PP members out of the 869,535 reported by the party had registered to vote in the election.
Dolores Delgado García is a Spanish prosecutor who served as Attorney General of Spain from 2020 to 2022. Previously,she served as Minister of Justice and First Notary of the Kingdom from 2018 to 2020,in the first Pedro Sánchez administration.
Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist,former politician,and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC),who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this,she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
Francisco de la Torre Prados is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician who has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He has also been president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga (1971–1975),a member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1982) and Senate (2011–2014).
Ione Belarra Urteaga is a Spanish politician and psychologist from Podemos who served as minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda from 2021 to 2023. She has been her party's leader since June 2021.
Juliana Di Tullio is an Argentine psychologist and politician. A member of the Justicialist Party,Di Tullio served three terms as National Deputy representing Buenos Aires Province,from 2005 to 2017. From 2013 to 2015,during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,Di Tullio was president of the Front for Victory parliamentary bloc in the lower chamber of the National Congress. She also served as a member of the Mercosur Parliament,and in the board of directors of the Banco Provincia. Since 2021,she has been a National Senator for Buenos Aires Province.
