Teresa Jiménez-Becerril

Teresa Jiménez-Becerril
Member of the European Parliament
Personal details
Born Teresa Jiménez-Becerril
(1961-07-24) 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]

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 is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.[5]

Other activities

  • Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Becerril contra el Terrorismo, President

References

  1. ↑ www.teresajimenezbecerril.eu
  2. ↑ www.europarl.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Nicholas Hirst (April 11, 2014), Spain’s agriculture minister heads up centre-right election list European Voice.
  4. ↑ Toby Vogel (October 16, 2014), Delegations choose their leaders European Voice.
  5. ↑ Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability European Parliament.



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