Doris Benegas

Doris Benegas
Doris Benegas during a rally in Barcelona, 2009
Born
Doris Benegas Haddad

1951
Caracas, Venezuela
Died29 July 2016(2016-07-29) (aged 64–65)
Valladolid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician
Known forLeader of the Izquierda Castellana party
Political partyCastilian Left
Children1
Parent(s)José Benegas-Echeverría
Doris Haddad
RelativesJosé María Benegas (brother)

Doris Benegas Haddad (1951 – 29 July 2016) was a Spanish political lawyer specialising in criminal law, particularly causes related to women and left-wing politics. She was also a political leader, leading a regional branch of the communist movement in the 1970s as well as the pro-independence nationalist leftist coalition, the Castilian Left, from 2002 to her death in 2016.[1]

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