Isaura Leal Fernández (Valencia, 6 April 1959) is a Spanish politician and a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party who currently serves as a deputy and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies. Between 2018 and 2019 she was the second and last Government Commissioner in front of the Demographic Challenge of the Government of Spain.
Isaura Leal Fernández | |
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| Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 17 August 2023 | |
| President | Francina Armengol |
| Preceded by | Sofía Hernanz Costa |
| Secretary General of the Socialist Parliamentary Group Socialist Party in the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 12 September 2022 – 17 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rafaela Crespín |
| Succeeded by | Montse Mínguez |
| President of PSOE-M | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Robles Delgado |
| Commissioner of the Government of Spain against the Demographic Challenge | |
| In office 30 June 2018 – 23 March 2019 | |
| President | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Edelmira Barreira |
| PSOE Executive Secretary for Civil Service | |
| In office 18 June 2017 – 17 October 2021 | |
| President | Cristina Narbona |
| Succeeded by | Llanos Castellanos |
| Member of the Cortes Generales for Madrid | |
| Assumed office 4 February 2020 | |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 9 July 2015 – 2 July 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1959 Valencia, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Education | University of Valladolid, Charles III University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
editBorn in Valencia in 1959, Leal Fernández holds a degree in law from the University of Valladolid[1] and a master's degree in Public Policy Analysis and Management from the Charles III University of Madrid.[2] She is divorced and has a son.[1]
She has been working in public administration since she was young, as a legal technician in the Ministry of Public Works and Territorial Planning of the Junta of Castile and León between 1983 and 1988. She then went on to work at the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, where she worked until 2014. In that federation she held multiple positions, such as general secretary, director of the Legal Department, coordinator of Institutional Relations, director of Provincial Councils, Councils and Councils, Small Municipalities and director of Urban Planning, Environment and Housing.
She made the leap to active politics in the 2015 regional elections, being elected deputy to the Assembly of Madrid. In this, she served as deputy spokesperson in the Contracting Oversight Commission, spokesperson of the Control Commission of the Public Entity Radio Televisión de Madrid and member of the Commission of Inquiry on political corruption in the Community of Madrid.[1]
Closely linked to the PSOE, since 2017 she has been the Executive Secretary of Public Function in the party's Federal Executive Committee.[3]
In June 2018, the government of Pedro Sánchez appointed her as Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge, a position integrated into the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function headed by Meritxell Batet.[4] She left office in March 2019 when she ran as a candidate for Madrid in the general elections of April 2019, being elected deputy for the XIII Cortes Generales.[5]
Already as a deputy, Leal is a member of the Regulation and Constitutional Commissions and president of the Territorial Policy and Public Function Commission. She is also a member of the Permanent Deputation of Congress.
In May 2021, following the resignation of José Manuel Franco as secretary general of the PSOE-M, Leal was appointed president of the Management Commission of the Madrid federation.[6] This position is in addition to that of president of the Management Commission of the provincial federation of the PSOE of Huelva, a position she has held since November 2020.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Isaura Leal Fernández – XIV Legislatura – Congreso de los Diputados". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "MARIA ISAURA LEAL FERNANDEZ. Executive Secretary of Public Function of the CEF-PSOE". www.psoe.es. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Quién es quién en la nueva ejecutiva del PSOE de Pedro Sánchez". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "El Gobierno nombra a Isaura Leal nueva Comisionada del Gobierno frente al Reto Demográfico". Europa Press. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Cascada de ceses de altos cargos del Gobierno para encabezar las listas del PSOE". www.moncloa.com (in Spanish). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Romero, Juanma (7 May 2021). "Sánchez elige a Isaura Leal, miembro de su dirección, como presidenta de la gestora del PSOE madrileño". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Información, Huelva (7 November 2020). "Isaura Leal preside la gestora del PSOE de Huelva que coordina y pilota Faneca". Huelva Información (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.