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Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Constituency | Spain |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 December 2011 – 1 July 2014 |
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| Constituency | Valencia |
| In office 9 March 2008 – 19 April 2009 |
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| Constituency | Valencia |
| Secretary of Economic Policies and Employment of PSOE | |
| In office 5 February 2012 – 27 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Octavio Granado |
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| Secretary-General of Infrastructure | |
| In office 18 April 2009 – 14 October 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | José Damián Santiago |
| Succeeded by | José Damián Santiago |
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Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández
7 January 1958 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
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| Occupation | Economist, politician |
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (pronounced [immakuˈlaða roˈðɾiɣeθ piˈɲeɾo]; 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.
Role in national politics
In 2008, Rodríguez-Piñero was selected as second placed candidate 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. 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.
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, the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability and the Spinelli Group.
See also
In Spanish: Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero para niños
