Yolanda Díaz

Yolanda Díaz Pérez (born 6 May 1971) is a Spanish politician and lawyer specialised in Labor law,[1] serving as Minister of Labour and Social Economy since 2020. A member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016, she has previously been a former Ferrol municipal councillor (2003–2012) and member of the Parliament of Galicia (2012–2016). She was the National Coordinator of Esquerda Unida (EU) from 2005 to 2017.

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Yolanda Díaz
Díaz in 2020
Minister of Labour and Social Economy
Assumed office
13 January 2020
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byMagdalena Valerio
(Labour, Migration and Social Security)
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
2016
ConstituencyA Coruña
Member of the Parliament of Galicia
In office
2012–2016
ConstituencyA Coruña
Personal details
Born
Yolanda Díaz Pérez

(1971-05-06) 6 May 1971
Fene, Galicia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political party
Alma materUniversity of Santiago de Compostela
Occupation

Biography

Born in San Valentín, Fene, on 6 May 1971, next to the mammoth shipyard of Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste (ASTANO), she is a member of a family of renowned trade unionists in Galicia active in the anti-francoist militancy.[2][3][4] She joined the Communist Party at an early age.[4] Díaz obtained a licentiate degree in Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC),[5][6] and after earning three post-graduate degrees, she started to work as paralegal for a law firm, later registering as lawyer and opening her own law firm, specialising in labor law.[5]

She entered institutional politics in 2003, when she became member of the Ferrol municipal council.[7] In 2005, she was elected leader (National Coordinator) of Esquerda Unida (EU), the Galician federation of United Left (IU).[8] She stood as candidate in the list of the Galician Left Alternative (AGE) coalition between EU and Anova vis-à-vis the October 2012 Galician regional election,[7][n. 1] becoming a member of the 9th Parliament of Galicia in representation of A Coruña. She ran in the En Marea list for the 2015 general election becoming a member of the 11th term of the Lower House of the Spanish parliament. She has renovated her seat at the 2016, April 2019 and November 2019 general elections, running respectively as candidate for the En Marea, En Común–Unidas Podemos and Galicia en Común alliances. She left the role of Coordinator General of EU in June 2017, being replaced by Eva Solla.[9]

Appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Economy of the Sánchez II Government, she was sworn in on 13 January 2020.[10] Díaz, who put the struggle against precarious work as the main goal of her mandate, vowed then to repeal the 2012 labour market reform.[10] She chose Joaquín Pérez Rey to hold to post the Secretary of State for Labour and Social Economy, effectively the number 2 in the Ministry.[11]

References
Informational notes
  1. She hired a still rather unknown Pablo Iglesias Turrión as aid for the electoral campaign.[4]
Citations
  1. Olías, Laura (9 January 2020). "Yolanda Díaz, la abogada laboralista gallega que tomará las riendas del Ministerio de Trabajo". eldiario.es.
  2. Bustabad, Lorena (25 February 2009). "Yolanda Díaz, la niña del PCE". El País.
  3. Pillado, Rafael (1 September 2012). "Yolanda Díaz, giro a la izquierda". elpais.com. El País.
  4. Junquera, Natalia (5 January 2019). "Yolanda Díaz, la política que fichó a Iglesias como asesor". www.elpais.com. El País.
  5. Hernández, Nuria (4 December 2019). "Así es Yolanda Díaz, posible nueva ministra de Trabajo: de familia sindicalista, con tres posgrados e íntima de Irene Montero". www.revistavanityfair.es. Vanity Fair.
  6. "Díaz Pérez, Yolanda". www.congreso.es. Congress of Deputies.
  7. "Yolanda Díaz deja su escaño en Ferrol para ir a la cámara autonómica". www.diariodeferrol.com. Diario de Ferrol. 24 October 2012.
  8. "Yolanda Díaz dejará de liderar Esquerda Unida a partir de junio". www.farodevigo.es. Faro de Vigo. 26 April 2017.
  9. Rodríguez, Ricardo; Pena, Aida (2 June 2017). "Yolanda Díaz deja la coordinadora de Esquerda Unida tras doce años". cadenaser.com. Cadena Ser.
  10. Pascual Cortés, Raquel (2020-01-13). "Escrivá avanza que reducirá el déficit de la Seguridad Social de forma "rápida" y abordará el sistema de pensiones privadas". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  11. LaInformacion. "Yolanda Díaz elige al 'duro' Joaquín Pérez Rey como secretario de Estado de Trabajo". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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