Teresa Jiménez-Becerril
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
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Born | Teresa Jiménez-Becerril 24 July 1961 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
References
- ^ www.teresajimenezbecerril.eu
- ^ www.europarl.europa.eu
- ^ Nicholas Hirst (April 11, 2014), Spain’s agriculture minister heads up centre-right election list European Voice.
- ^ Toby Vogel (October 16, 2014), Delegations choose their leaders European Voice.
- ^ Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability European Parliament.
External links
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- MEPs for Spain 2009–2014
- MEPs for Spain 2014–2019
- 21st-century women MEPs for Spain
- People from Seville
- People's Party (Spain) MEPs
- Spanish women journalists
- Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Spanish MEP stubs