África Lorente Castillo (16 October 1954 – 1 May 2020) was a Spanish teacher, politician and activist. She was a member of the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( , PSOE ) is a Social democracy, social democratic Updated as required.The PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * List of political parties in Spain, political party ...

Life

Lorente was born in the Spanish protectorate of Morocco. Her parents were from Ceutí. She was a member of the

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from 1984 to 1988. From 1987 to 2003, she was Deputy Mayor of

Castelldefels Castelldefels () is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and a suburban town of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 65,954 ( IDESCAT, 2017). Geography and location ...

. Lorente Castillo died of

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on 1 May 2020 in Castelldefels, aged 65.Muere la ex diputada del PSC África Lorente a los 65 años

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