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June 6, 2018
Majority of women in charge of new Spanish government

Spain's new Socialist government announced Wednesday a female-dominated Cabinet, including women appointed to key positions overseeing the national economy, finance and defense.

May 2, 2019
Spain just elected its most feminist parliament ever

The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men.

July 29, 2016
Ana Pastor elected President of the Congress of Deputies in Spain

The Congress of Deputies of Spain has chosen a woman, Ana Pastor, as president for the 12th Legislature last July 19.

May 13, 2014
Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco shot dead in Leon

A top politician in northern Spain has been shot dead in public and two women have been arrested.

Isabel Carrasco, head of the provincial government in Leon and a member of the governing People's Party (PP), was shot as she crossed a footbridge.