Dolors Montserrat | |
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Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 19 June 2024[1] | |
Chair | |
Serving alongside | |
Preceded by | |
Member of the European Parliament for Spain | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality | |
In office 4 November 2016 – 1 June 2018 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
Preceded by | Alfonso Alonso |
Succeeded by | Carmen Montón |
Third Vice President of the Congress | |
In office 13 December 2011 – 13 January 2016 | |
President | Jesús Posada |
Preceded by | Jorge Fernández Díaz |
Succeeded by | Gloria Elizo |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 1 March 2008 – 21 May 2019 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat 18 September 1973 Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Spain |
Political party | People's Party |
Alma mater | Abat Oliba CEU University ESADE University of Barcelona |
Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat (Catalan pronunciation: [duˈloz munsəˈrat]; born 18 September 1973) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as Member of the European Parliament. Previously, she served as Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain from 2016 to 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government.
In addition, Montserrat has also been Member of the Congress of Deputies in the Cortes Generales between 2008 and 2019 by Barcelona. She is the daughter of the businesswoman, and also politician of the People's Party, Dolors Montserrat i Culleré.