Ana María Pastor Julián (born 11 November 1957) is a Spanish doctor and politician for the
People's Party who served as
President of the Congress of Deputies
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from 19 July 2016 to 20 May 2019. Previously she was
Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
from 2002 to 2004 and
Minister of Public Works
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See also
* Public works
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from 2011 to 2016.
Since 20 May 2019 is the
Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.
Early life
Ana Pastor Julián was born in
Cubillos del Pan,
Zamora, she has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the
University of Salamanca
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and was an officer of the Senior Public Health and Health Administration.
Career
She has been Head of Health Service Planning of the delegation of provincial council of
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the '' Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality wh ...
of Minister of Health of the Xunta de Galicia (
Galician Government
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), and primary care manager in the province of Pontevedra and provincial council director of the Galician Health Service,
SERGAS (Galician Health Service). She was general director of the General Mutual State Civil Servants (
Muface). In the People's Party XV Congress she was elected executive secretary of Social Policy. She also became the coordinator of Social Participation of the party. She has represented
Pontevedra Province in the
Spanish Congress of Deputies
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It has 350 members elect ...
since 2000, becoming second vice president of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies until 13 December 2011.
On 22 December 2011, she was appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport of Spain.
On 11 March 2020, during the
ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pastor confirmed via Twitter she had tested positive for
SARS-CoV-2
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.
President of Congress
On 18 July 2016 Pastor was designated by
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party lead ...
as the
People's Party candidate for President of Congress, with the support of
Citizens. As speaker, she headed the lower house's nine-member executive committee.
Lobbying work
Ana Pastor Julián has been a patroness of Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (
FAES
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).
Honours
National Honours
*: Dame Grand Cross of the
Order of Charles III
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Foreign Honours
*: Grand Cross of the
Order of Merit (28 October 2014)
*: Grand Cross of the
Order of the Sun of Peru
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(27 February 2019)
*: Grand cross of the
Order of Christ (Portugal) (15 April 2018)
References
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1957 births
21st-century Spanish women politicians
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Health ministers of Spain
Living people
Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
People from the Province of Zamora
Presidents of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Public works ministers of Spain
Spanish public health doctors
University of Salamanca alumni
Women government ministers of Spain
Women legislative speakers
Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)
People's Party (Spain) politicians
20th-century Spanish women politicians
Women public health doctors