Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (born 7 January 1958, in 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]

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencySpain
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 1 July 2014
ConstituencyValencia
In office
9 March 2008 – 19 April 2009
ConstituencyValencia
Secretary of Economic Policies and Employment of PSOE
In office
5 February 2012 – 27 July 2014
Preceded byOctavio Granado
Succeeded by
  • Manuel Vázquez (Economy)
  • Maria Luz Fernández (Employment)
Secretary-General of Infrastructure
In office
18 April 2009 – 14 October 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byJosé Damián Santiago
Succeeded byJosé Damián Santiago
Personal details
Born
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández

(1958-01-07) 7 January 1958
Madrid, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater
OccupationEconomist, politician

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. Since 2019, she has been part of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Rodríguez-Piñero is part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization,[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[6] and the Spinelli Group.[7]

References
  1. ""quien ha ganado 15 millones de euros en un año diga que es un regalito"". www.noticias.info. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  2. PSOE list for 2008 Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Levante 16 April 2009". Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  4. Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  5. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization.
  6. Members of the Disability Intergroup - S&D European Disability Forum.
  7. Board & Members Spinelli Group.
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