Isabel Rodríguez García

Spanish politician

Isabel Rodríguez

Official portrait, 2023

Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda

Incumbent

Assumed office
21 November 2023
Prime Minister| Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by| Office restablished
(Previously: Beatriz Corredor)
Minister of Territorial Policy
In office
12 July 2021 – 21 November 2023
Prime Minister| Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by| Miquel Iceta (Territorial Policy and Civil Service)
Succeeded by| Ángel Víctor Torres
Spokesperson of the Government
In office
12 July 2021 – 21 November 2023
Prime Minister| Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by| María Jesús Montero
Succeeded by| Pilar Alegría
Mayor of Puertollano
In office
15 June 2019 – 11 July 2021
Preceded by| Mayte Fernandez
Succeeded by| Adolfo Muniz
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 21 May 2019
Constituency| Ciudad Real
In office
17 August 2023 – 6 December 2023
Constituency| Ciudad Real
Member of the Senate
In office
14 March 2004 – 17 July 2007
Constituency| Ciudad Real
Personal details
Born|  (1981-06-05) 5 June 1981 (age 42)
Abenójar, Spain
Political party| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Isabel Rodríguez García (pronounced [isaˈβel roˈðɾiɣeθ ɣaɾˈθi.a]; born 1981) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), serving as minister of Housing and Urban Agenda since 2023.

Before this, Rodríguez has served as minister for Territorial Policy and spokesperson of the Government from 2021 to 2023, and before as mayor of Puertollano from 2019 to 2021. She has been a member of the Senate (2003–2007) and the Congress of Deputies (2011–2019; 2023).

## Biography[edit]

Born on 5 June 1981 in Abenójar (province of Ciudad Real),[1] she became a member of the Socialist Youth when she was 15 years old.[2] She earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of Castile-La Mancha.[3] Elected as senator at the 2004 Spanish general election in representation of Ciudad Real after commanding 139,873 votes,[4] she became the youngest female member of the Upper House ever.[3] In 2007, Rodríguez was appointed as Director General of Youth of the Regional Government of Castilla–La Mancha, and in 2008, as Spokesperson of the Regional Government.[5]

She stood as candidate to the Congress of Deputies in the 2011 general election, running second in the PSOE list in Ciudad Real.[6] Elected as member of the 10th term of the Congress of Deputies, she renovated her seat at the 2015 and 2016 general elections.[7]

Designated as PSOE's head of list and prospective mayoral candidate vis-à-vis the 2019 Puertollano municipal election in 2019,[8] the PSOE list earned 10 councillors out of a total 21,[9] and she was invested mayor of the municipality on 16 June 2019 with a plurality of votes of the new municipal council,[10] retaining control of what it was a stronghold for the PSOE since the advent of democracy at the 1979 municipal election.[9]

On mid-2021, Rodríguez left the mayorship of Puertollano to join the second government of Pedro Sánchez as minister for Territorial Policy and spokesperson.[11] Two years later, in November 2023, she was appointed minister of Housing and Urban Agenda in the third government of Pedro Sánchez.[12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Isabel Rodríguez: "Creo que en lugar de sorpasso habrá sorpresa grata para el Partido Socialista"". La Comarca de Puertollano. 23 June 2016.
2. ^ Bustos, Jorge (18 August 2017). "Isabel Rodríguez: "El Congreso de los Diputados es la Champions League de la política"". El Mundo.
3. ^ a b "Isabel Rodríguez, candidata del PSOE a la alcaldía de Puertollano". Dclm. 19 January 2019.
4. ^ Junta Electoral Central: "Acuerdos de 25 de marzo y de 22 de abril de 2004, de la Junta Electoral Central, por los que se ordena la publicación del resumen de los resultados de las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado convocadas por Real Decreto 100/2004, de 19 de enero, y celebradas el 14 de marzo de 2004, conforme a las actas de escrutinio general y de proclamación de electos remitidas por las distintas Juntas Electorales Provinciales y por las Juntas Electorales de Ceuta y de Melilla" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (109): 17602. 5 May 2004. ISSN 0212-033X.
5. ^ "Isabel Rodríguez abandona el Congreso para intentar ser alcaldesa de Puertollano". ABC. 9 June 2019.
6. ^ Juntas Electorales Provinciales: "Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1329/2011, de 26 de septiembre" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (257): 111299. 25 October 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.
7. ^ "XII Legislatura (2016-2019). Rodríguez García, Isabel". Congress of Deputies.
8. ^ "Isabel Rodríguez será la candidata del PSOE a la Alcaldía". 22 January 2019.
9. ^ a b Carrero, Mario (26 May 2019). "El PSOE gana las elecciones en Puertollano sumando más votos que toda la derecha e Isabel Rodríguez será alcaldesa". Cadena Ser.
10. ^ "La socialista Isabel Rodríguez es investida alcaldesa de Puertollano con los votos de los diez ediles del PSOE". 20minutos.es. 15 June 2019.
11. ^ AGENCIAS, RTVE es / (2021-07-10). "La alcaldesa de Puertollano, Isabel Rodríguez, nueva ministra de Política Territorial y portavoz del Gobierno". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
12. ^ "Isabel Rodríguez será la nueva ministra de Vivienda y deja paso a Pilar Alegría como portavoz". El Español (in Spanish). 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-01-10.

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