Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero

Secretary-General of InfrastructureIn office
18 April 2009 – 14 October 2011Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroPreceded byJosé Damián SantiagoSucceeded byJosé Damián Santiago Personal detailsBorn
(1958-01-07) 7 January 1958 (age 66)
Madrid, SpainPolitical partySpanish Socialist Workers' PartyOther political
affiliationsAlma materOccupationEconomist, politician

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (pronounced [immakuˈlaða roˈðɾiɣeθ piˈɲeɾo]; born 7 January 1958, in Madrid) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Married with two children, she earned a master's degree in economic theory from the University of Minnesota and served as economic and employment spokesperson for the PSOE.^[1]

Role in national politics

In 2008, Rodríguez-Piñero was selected as second placed candidate^[2] on the PSOE list for Valencia province and was consequently elected to the Spanish national parliament.

On 16 April 2009 Rodríguez-Piñero was named State Secretary for Infrastructure and Planning by the Minister of Public Works José Blanco López in the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She subsequently resigned her parliamentary seat.^[3] In her capacity as State Secretary, she served as ex-officio member of the board of the Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte Terrestre (SEIIT).

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Rodríguez-Piñero has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 European elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on International Trade. Since 2019, she has been part of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.^[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Rodríguez-Piñero is part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long-Term Investment and Reindustrialization,^[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability^[6] and the Spinelli Group.^[7]

External links

• Biography at Spanish Congress site

References

Political offices
Preceded by José Damián Santiago	Secretary-General of Infrastructure 2009–2011	Succeeded by Jose Damián Santiago
Party political offices
Preceded by Octavio Granado	Secretary of Economic Policies and Employment of PSOE 2012–2014	Succeeded by Manuel Vázquez as Secretary of Economy
		Succeeded by María Luz Fernández as Secretary of Employment