María Teresa Táboas Veleiro (born 1961 in

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) is an architect, professor and Galician politician. She has been part of the Galician government as Conselleira of House and Real State of the Board of Galicia between 2005 and 2009. She was chosen in 2009 deputy of the Galician Parliament, a post she occupied until February 2012.

Biography

She was born in

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, daughter of Spanish emigrants from Carballiño and

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, and is the eldest of four siblings."Unha doutora en Arquitectura que entrou en política para traballar polo seu país"
, artículo en '' La Voz de Galicia'', 16 de febrero de 2009. After her formative years she decided to study

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, with

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as a mentor. After obtaining her degree at the Autonomous National University of Mexico she went back to Spain, working for six years in the study of César Portela, and two years in the Concello of Marín. She obtained her

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with a

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directed by the architect César Portela titled "The Colour in Architecture", obtaining the qualification of ''cum laude''. In 1990 she left Portela's studio for setting up her own as "Teresa Táboas Estudio de Arquitectura", where she has developed several projects of Building and Urbanism. Between 1999 and 2003, she was the President of the pontevedrian Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia, and on 15 May 2003 she became the first female Dean and President of COAG.Decanos-presidentes do Colexio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia
/ref> She is also a consultant at the Superior Council of Spanish Architects, being the second woman at this position since the institution was founded in 1931. She has also been a member of the consultative commissions for Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism at the European Parliament's Architect commission, representing the Superior Council of Spanish Architects, and in 2006 was awarded the gold medal from the University of Anáhuac for her professional trajectory. She is also the president of the Housing Committee of the European Architect Council from 2012. She is mother of two sons.

References

1961 births Living people National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Members of the 8th Parliament of Galicia People from Mexico City Spanish women architects 20th-century Spanish architects 21st-century Spanish architects 20th-century Spanish women {{Galicia-politician-stub