Dolores Delgado | |
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Attorney General of Spain | |
In office 26 February 2020 – 20 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | María José Segarra Luis Navajas (acting) |
Succeeded by | Álvaro García Ortiz |
Minister of Justice First Notary of the Kingdom | |
In office 7 June 2018 – 13 January 2020 | |
Monarch | Felipe VI |
Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
Preceded by | Rafael Catalá |
Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Campo |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 21 May 2019 – 15 January 2020 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
Personal details | |
Born | Dolores Damián Delgado García 9 November 1962 Madrid, Spain |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
Occupation | Prosecutor |
Dolores Delgado García (born 9 November 1962)[1] is a Spanish prosecutor who served as Attorney General of Spain from 2020 to 2022. Previously, she served as Minister of Justice and First Notary of the Kingdom from 2018 to 2020, in the first Pedro Sánchez administration.
Delgado joined the Public Prosecution Service in 1989, being assigned to the High Court of Justice of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. In 1993 she was promoted to prosecutor at the Audiencia Nacional, where she stands out for being responsible for important cases against drug trafficking and terrorism. Briefly, from 2006 to 2007 she was the Spokesperson of the Prosecution Ministry. She has also worked at the International Criminal Court and is a fervent defender of universal justice.