Celia Villalobos

Celia Villalobos Talero
MP
First Vicepresident of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 19 July 2016
President Jesús Posada
Patxi López
Preceded by Teresa Cunillera
Succeeded by Ignacio Prendes
Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality
In office
27 April 2000 – 10 July 2002
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by José Manuel Romay Beccaría
Succeeded by Ana Pastor Julián
Mayoress of Málaga
In office
17 June 1995 – 27 April 2000
Preceded by Pedro Aparicio Sánchez
Succeeded by Francisco de la Torre Prados
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
28 October 1989
Constituency Málaga
Personal details
Born (1949-04-18) 18 April 1949
Arroyo de la Miel, Málaga, Spain
Political party People's Party
Alma mater University of Valladolid

Celia Villalobos Talero (18 April 1949 in Arroyo de la Miel, Málaga) is a Spanish politician.

She was the mayor of Málaga from 1995 to 2000, when she joined José María Aznar's cabinet as the minister of food and health from 2000 to 2002. Her role at this ministry was controversial, mainly due to a speech she gave during the concern over mad cow disease. However, during her period in office, the government delegated all public health responsibilities to the Autonomous Communities. She was deputy speaker of Spanish Parlament between 2011 and 2016. Nowadays, she is MP for Málaga and deputy spokeswoman of People's Party.

She is one of the most liberal members of the People's Party (PP), and is currently a member of the Spanish parliament representing Málaga, where she voted in favour of same-sex marriage in 2005, for which she was economically penalized by the PP, and she left the Spanish Congress during a vote on legal abortion extension cases, which the PP opposed.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) El PP sanciona a la ex ministra Villalobos por votar a favor del matrimonio gay
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Celia Villalobos se abstiene en la votación sobre el aborto
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