Ana María Beltrán Villalba (born 16 January 1966) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the

Parliament of Navarre The Parliament of Navarre ( Spanish ''Parlamento de Navarra'', Basque ''Nafarroako Parlamentua'') or also known as ''Cortes de Navarra'' (in Spanish) or ''Nafarroako Gorteak'' (in Basque) is the Navarre autonomous unicameral parliament. Functi ...

from 2011 to 2019, in which she led her party, and was then elected to the

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. She has been president of the

People's Party of Navarre The People's Party of Navarre (, PP) is the regional section of the People's Party (PP) in Navarre. It was first formed in 1989 from the re-foundation of the People's Alliance, and in 1991 it was merged into the Navarrese People's Union The ...

since 2017, and the PP's Vice Secretary of Organisation since 2019.

Early and personal life

Born in

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

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, Beltrán graduated with a degree in Tourism and a master's degree in Senior Management from the

University of Deusto The University of Deusto (; ) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university ...

, as well as a further master's degree in General Management from the

IESE Business School IESE Business School is the Catholic Church, Catholic graduate business school of the University of Navarra. It was established in Barcelona in 1958 by Opus Dei. From 1963, in collaboration with Harvard Business School, it offers a two-year Maste ...

of the

University of Navarra The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of '' Opus Dei'', as a corporat ...

. As of 2015, she was married and had four children. From the age of 22 and until becoming a full-time politician in 2012, Beltrán managed the family wine company, Bodegas Camilo Castilla S.A. The company built up debts of nearly €1 million to the Navarrese treasury both before and after her management, going into liquidation for two years before exiting proceedings in 2019.

Political career

In March 2015, the

(PPN) put Beltrán forward as their lead candidate in the May regional election. The party's seats halved to two. Two years later, she succeeded Pablo Zalba as PPN president, with 81.94% of the votes at the party congress. PP national leader Pablo Casado named Beltrán in fifth place on the party list for the Madrid constituency for the

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. In July, she became the party's Vice Secretary of Organisation.

References

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