Edelmira Barreira Diz is a Spanish politician born in 1978 in

Verín Verín is a town and municipality in the southeast of the province of Ourense, autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. The population of the municipality is about 14,433. It is located 70 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Ourense and ...

. She has served as the 1st Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge from 2017 to 2018 and previously as Senator for the

Province of Ourense Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Cas ...

from 2015 to 2017.

Biography

Edelmira Barreira was born in 1978 in

. She obtained a license in Political Science and Administration at the

University of Santiago de Compostela , established = , type = Public , budget = €228 million (2011) , rector = Prof. Dr. Antonio López Díaz , city = Santiago de Compostela , state = Galicia , country = Spain , undergrad = 23,835 , postgrad = 1,716 , doctoral = 2,697 ...

. In late 2015, she was elected senator for the

and re-elected in the 2016 general election. Barreira left her position as senator in January 2017 when the Spanish government led by PM

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 ...

appointed her as Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge () to boost the nation's declining population. Barreira left the office in June 2018 and was replaced by Isaura Leal Fernández.

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1978 births 21st-century Spanish politicians Politicians from Galicia (Spain) Leaders of political parties in Spain Living people Members of the Senate of Spain People's Party (Spain) politicians {{Galicia-politician-stub

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