Rosa María Díez González (born 27 May 1952) is a Spanish politician from

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, UPyD deputy in the

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from 2008 to 2016.

Career

She was a former

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for the

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(PSOE), integrated in the

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. In 2007 she gave up her seat and left the PSOE particularly due to disagreement on what she perceived to be the Socialists' drift on individual liberties. She founded a new political party called ''Unión, Progreso y Democracia'' in

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and

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(UPyD), based on the existing movement of

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citizens against

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violence

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. In 2008 and 2011, she was elected to the

representing Madrid district. In the Spanish General Elections of 2011, she was re-elected and her party was the fourth most voted party in Spain. Díez personally advocates for lower public wages. Subsequently, and although she was the UPyD spokesperson on five committees, she was only paid for one of them. On 24 May 2015, she announced she would not seek reelection as spokesperson of UPyD due to the party's poor performance in the regional and municipal elections. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was proposed as prospective cabinet member in a "Salvation Government" by far-right Vox.

References

External links

UPyD Website
(in Spanish).
UPyD Manifesto
(in Spanish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Diez, Rosa 1952 births Living people Leaders of political parties in Spain Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) MEPs for Spain 1999–2004 MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 20th-century women MEPs for Spain 21st-century women MEPs for Spain People from Enkarterri Recipients of the Order of Constitutional Merit Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs Union, Progress and Democracy politicians