Eloísa Álvarez Oteo (8 July 1956 – 5 September 2017) was a Spanish politician. Born in Muriel Viejo in 1956, she was trained as a nurse. Álvarez became spokesperson of the provincial deputation of Soria in 1991, serving until 1995, when she was elected to the

Cortes of Castile and León The Cortes of Castile and León (Spanish: ''Cortes de Castilla y León'') is the elected unicameral legislature of the Autonomous Communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The tradition of the regional Cortes is traced ba ...

. Álvarez stepped down in 1999 when she assumed the mayoralty of

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

until 2003. From 2004 to 2011, she was a member of the

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for Soria. Between 2011 and 2015, Álvarez represented Soria in the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

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