María Dolores de Cospedal

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cospedal and the second or maternal family name is García.
María Dolores Cospedal
Dolores Cospedal in 2012
Secretary General of the People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 21, 2008
Preceded by Ángel Acebes
3rd President of the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 22, 2011
Preceded by José María Barreda
Spanish Senator
In office
September 12, 2006 – June 22, 2011
Preceded by Rosa Romero Sánchez
Deputy in the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 27, 2007
Personal details
Born María Dolores Cospedal García
December 13, 1965
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Political party People's Party
Spouse(s) Ignacio López del Hierro (m. 2009)
Children Ricardo
Alma mater CEU San Pablo University
Occupation Jurist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website http://www.mdcospedal.es/

María Dolores Cospedal García (born 13 December 1965) is a Spanish politician who currently is the Secretary-General of the People's Party.

Her full name is María Dolores Cospedal García, Cospedal being her father's family name and García her mother's family name. At a certain point she started calling herself "de Cospedal" in public which sounded more aristocratic but more recently she has reverted to plain "Cospedal".[1][2][3] In any case her legal name has always been just "Cospedal".

She was chosen as the People's Party (PP) candidate in the 2011 regional elections, for the presidency of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. She obtained a majority with 48.13% of the votes which meant that for the first time in the history of democratic Spain the PP would govern the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha (JCCM).

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.elplural.com/2009/11/11/%E2%80%9Cla-bien-paga%E2%80%9D-se-cambio-el-apellido-para-aproximarse-al-linaje-aristocratico/
  2. ↑ http://www.elplural.com/2011/05/11/cospedal-vuelve-a-cambiarse-el-apellido-ahora-prescinde-de-la-%E2%80%9Cde%E2%80%9D/
  3. ↑ http://www.castillalamancha.es/gobierno/presidenta/titular/presidenta

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Party political offices
Preceded by
José Manuel Molina		 President of the People's Party of Castile-La Mancha
2006 – present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Ángel Acebes		 Secretary-General of the People's Party
2008 – present 		Incumbent