Rosa Conde Gutiérrez del Álamo (born 7 September 1947) is Spanish sociologist and politician. She served as
Spokesperson of the Government from 1988 and 1993 and as
Member of the Congress of Deputies
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It has 350 members elect ...
from 1989 to 2004 representing
Madrid
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.
Biography
Conde was born in
Ronda
Ronda () is a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about west of the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliff-side location and a deep chasm ...
, Spain. She took her degree and later taught at
Complutense University of Madrid
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. She became the Spokesperson of the Spanish Government from 11 July 1988 until July 13, 1993 under the premiership of
Felipe González
Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the ...
. She took over from
Javier Solana
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-dem ...
and operated at a ministerial level. After 1993, she continued serving the Premier as Secretary-General within the
Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objecti ...
.
After that she became the Director of the
Carolina FoundationEste es el primer día del resto de mi vida
El Pais, 29 March 2012, accessed October 2012 which is the body responsible for improving relations with Spanish speaking South America.
References
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1947 births
Living people
People from Ronda
Spanish women sociologists