Rosa Díez
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Rosa Díez
| Rosa Díez | |
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| Member of Basque Parliament | |
| In office 1986–1999 |
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| Member of European Parliament | |
| In office 1999–2007 |
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| Leader of UPyD | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2007 |
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 April 2008 |
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| Constituency | Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1952 Güeñes, Basque Country,  Spain |
| Political party | UPyD |
| Spouse(s) | José Ignacio Fernández de Ochoa |
| Children | 2 |
| Religion | None |
Rosa Díez González (born May 27, 1952 in Güeñes, Biscay, Spain) is a Spanish politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament for the PSOE ("Partido Socialista Obrero Español" or Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), integrated in the Party of European Socialists.
In 2007 she gave up her seat and left the PSOE due to strong disagreement on what she perceived to be the Socialists' drift on individual liberties, ETA, and more. Subsequently she founded a new political party, UPyD ("Unión, Progreso y Democracia" or Union, Progress and Democracy), based on an already existing movement of basque citizens against terrorism of ETA. In 2008 and 2011, she was elected to the Congress of Deputies (Spain) representing Madrid district. In the last Spanish General Elections of 2011, she was re-elected, and her party was the fourth most voted party in Spain.
References
- UPyD Website (in Spanish).
- UPyD Manifesto (in Spanish).
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