Ana Palacio | |
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 Palacio in 2004 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 20, 2002 – April 18, 2004 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar López |
| Preceded by | Josep Piqué |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 14 March 2004 – 28 August 2006 | |
| Constituency | Toledo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ana Isabel de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi 22 July 1948 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party |
Ana Isabel de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (born 22 July 1948)[1] in Madrid, daughter of Luis María de Palacio y de Palacio, 4th Marqués de Matonte, and wife Luisa Mariana del Valle Lersundi y del Valle, was Spain's minister for foreign affairs in the People's Party (PP) government of José María Aznar from July 2002 to March 2004. Before this she was a lawyer in Madrid and then a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2002. In March 2012, she was appointed an elective member of the Spanish Council of State. She currently is the founding partner of Palacio y Asociados, a Madrid-based consulting and law firm, and a senior strategic counsel at Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm.
- ^ Palacio Vallelersundi Ana International Who's Who. accessed 1 September 2006.