Andrea Fernández Benéitez (born 20 October 1992) is a Spanish

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and

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. She is a member of the

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and the Secretary of Equality of the

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(PSOE).

Early life

She earned a

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in law at the

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. Later, she earned a master's degree in legal practice, also at the

. After passing the Spanish Bar Examination, she obtained the title of lawyer (license) and joined the Bar Association of León (ICAL) in 2017. She worked as a

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at Grupo Empresarial AST, in León.

Political career

In 2014, she joined the socialist group of

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and was part of the candidacy for the municipal elections of 2015. Since 2017, she has been Secretary of Equality of the Provincial Executive of the PSOE of León. In 2019, she was ranked number two in the PSOE list for the province of León to the

, and after the general elections of 28 April, she obtained a seat as a member of the

. In the general elections of November 2019, she again occupied the second place in the electoral lists of the PSOE for the province of León, revalidating her deputy certificate. On 17 October 2021, she joined the Federal Executive Commission of the PSOE as Secretary of Equality.

Positions held

* Secretary of Equality of the Provincial Executive of the PSOE of León * Member of the

(2019-) * Secretary of Equality of the

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(2021-)

References

Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) 1992 births Living people Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain) 21st-century Spanish women politicians {{CastileLeón-politician-stub