María Dolores de Cospedal

The Most Excellent
María Dolores Cospedal
OIC MP
Minister of Defence
In office
4 November 2016 – 1 June 2018
Monarch Felipe VI
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Preceded by Pedro Morenés
Succeeded by Margarita Robles
Secretary-General of the People's Party
In office
21 June 2008 – 21 July 2018
Preceded by Ángel Acebes
Succeeded by Teodoro García Egea
3rd President of Castile-La Mancha
In office
22 June 2011 – 1 July 2015
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Preceded by José María Barreda
Succeeded by Emiliano García-Page
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
12 January 2016
Member of the Senate
In office
12 September 2006 – 22 June 2011
Personal details
Born María Dolores Cospedal García
(1965-12-13) 13 December 1965
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Political party People's Party
Other political
affiliations		 Democratic Reformist Party (before 1986)[1]
Spouse(s) Ignacio López del Hierro (m. 2009)
Children Ricardo
Alma mater CEU San Pablo University
Occupation Jurist
Website http://www.mdcospedal.es/

María Dolores Cospedal García (born 13 December 1965) is a Spanish politician who was the Minister of Defense of Spain and the Secretary-General of the People's Party.

At a certain point she started calling herself "de Cospedal" in public which sounded more aristocratic but more recently she has reverted to plain "Cospedal".[2][3][4]

She was chosen as the People's Party (PP) candidate in the 2011 regional elections, for the presidency of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. She obtained a majority with 48.13% of the votes which meant that for the first time in the history of democratic Spain the PP would govern the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha (JCCM).

She also got the most votes in the 2015 regional elections, but she did not obtain absolute majority and PSOE's Emiliano García-Page was invested President of Castile-La Mancha thanks to an agreement with Podemos.

On 3 November 2016, Cospedal was appointed Minister of Defense by PM Mariano Rajoy, an office she held until 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence ousted the government.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Forcada, Daniel: «Cospedal, invitada a la reunión anual del club - Los Bilderberg la señalan: nace otra ‘lideresa’.», Retrieved: 02 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  4. ↑ http://www.castillalamancha.es/gobierno/presidenta/titular/presidenta
Political offices
Preceded by
Francisco Granados		 Regional Minister of Transports
2004–2006		 Succeeded by
Elvia Rodríguez
Preceded by
José María Barreda		 President of Castile-La Mancha
2011–2015		 Succeeded by
Emiliano García-Page
Preceded by
Pedro Morenés		 Defence Minister of Spain
2016–2018		 Succeeded by
Margarita Robles
Party political offices
Preceded by
José Manuel Molina		 President of the People's Party of Castile-La Mancha
2006–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Ángel Acebes		 Secretary-General of the People's Party
2008–2018		 Succeeded by
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