Loyola de Palacio | |
|---|---|
 de Palacio in 2001 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 6 May 1996 – 30 April 1999 | |
| Monarch | H.M. Don Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar López |
| Preceded by | Luis María Atienza |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Posada |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 22 June 1986 – 28 October 1989 | |
| Constituency | Segovia |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 28 October 1989 – 17 July 1999 | |
| Constituency | Segovia |
| Vice-President of the European Commission European Commissioner for Parliamentary Relations, Transport and Energy | |
| In office 16 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen (Parliamentary Relations) Neil Kinnock (Transport) Christos Papoutsis (Energy) |
| Succeeded by | Siim Kallas (Parliamentary Relations) Jacques Barrot (Transport) Andris Piebalgs (Energy) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi 16 September 1950 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 13 December 2006 (aged 56) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party |
Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (16 September 1950 – 13 December 2006) was a Spanish politician. She was among the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of reconstituted democracy. She was a minister in the Spanish government from 1996 to 1998 (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food), and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004.