Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (born 7 January 1958, Madrid) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Married with two children, she earned a master's degree in economic theory from the University of Minnesota and served as economic and employment spokesperson for the PSOE.[1]

Role in national politics

In 2008, Rodríguez-Piñero was selected as second placed candidate[2] on the PSOE list for Valencia province and was consequently elected to the Spanish national parliament.

On 16 April 2009 Rodríguez-Piñero was named State Secretary for Infrastructure and Planning by the Minister of Public Works José Blanco López in the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She subsequently resigned her parliamentary seat.[3] In her capacity as State Secretary, she served as ex-officio member of the board of the Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte Terrestre (SEIIT).

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Rodríguez-Piñero has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 European elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on International Trade. She is also a member of the parliament’s delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.

In addition to her committee assignments, Rodríguez-Piñero is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization.[4] Since 2019, she has been part of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament’s election observation missions.[5]

References
  1. www.noticias.info http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2008/200801/20080129/20080129_336818.shtm. Retrieved 2020-03-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. PSOE list for 2008 Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Levante 16 April 2009
  4. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization .
  5. Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
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