Rosa MarÃa DÃez González
Born in Sodupe (Vizcaya) 27th of May 1952
Political Career
She was a former Member of the European Parliament for the PSOE ("Partido Socialista Obrero Español" or Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), integrated in the Party of European Socialists. In 2007 she gave up her seat and left the PSOE due to strong disagreement on what she perceived to be the Socialists' drift on individual liberties, ETA, and more. Subsequently she founded a new political party, UPyD ("Unión Progreso y Democracia" or Union, Progress and Democracy), based on an existing movement of Basque citizens against ETA violence. In 2008 and 2011, she was elected to the Congress of Deputies (Spain) representing Madrid district. In the last Spanish General Elections of 2011, she was re-elected, and her party was the fourth most voted party in Spain.
Education
She attended high school in his hometown, Sodupe, after finalizing attended three years of administrative studies (Secretariat and Management) and she started working at 18 years with the company Dun-Bradstreet, where he worked as a competition approved the administration of State and graduated as an officer in the Provincial Council of Biscay.
