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Teresa Jiménez-Becerril
Member of the European Parliament
Personal details
Born
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril

(1961-07-24) 24 July 1961 (age 63)
Sevilla, Spain
Political party Spain:
Partido Popular
 EU:
European People's Party

María Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (born 24 July 1961 at Seville) is a Spanish politician, journalist and businesswomen[1] who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014.

In 2002 Jiménez-Becerril became President of the Jiménez Becerril Foundation and, in 2009, she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament representing the Partido Popular and was returned to Brussels in 2014 European elections.[2]

In early 2014, the Partido Popular chose Jiménez-Becerril to be the party list's number 3 for the 2014 European elections, following Miguel Arias Cañete and Esteban González Pons.[3] Following the elections, she was elected chairwoman of the delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.[4] In addition to her committee assignments, Jiménez-Becerril was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.[5]

Other activities

  • Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Becerril contra el Terrorismo, President

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