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hreflang="gl" data-title="María Teresa Fernández de la Vega" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega" title="María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="María Teresa Fernández de la Vega" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7" title="ماريا تيريزا فرنانديز دى لا فيجا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ماريا تيريزا فرنانديز دى لا فيجا" 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State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 July 2018 – 19 October 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Romay_Beccar%C3%ADa" title="José Manuel Romay Beccaría">José Manuel Romay Beccaría</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Valerio" title="Magdalena Valerio">Magdalena Valerio</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Vice_President_of_the_Government_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Vice President of the Government (Spain)">First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 April 2004 – 21 October 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I" title="Juan Carlos I">Juan Carlos I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Zapatero" title="José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero">José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Rato" title="Rodrigo Rato">Rodrigo Rato</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_P%C3%A9rez_Rubalcaba" title="Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba">Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Presidency_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Presidency (Spain)">Minister of the Presidency</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 April 2004 – 21 October 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Zapatero" title="José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero">José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Javier_Arenas_(politician)" title="Javier Arenas (politician)">Javier Arenas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_J%C3%A1uregui_Atondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramón Jáuregui Atondo">Ramón Jáuregui</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of Deputies (Spain)">Congress of Deputies</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 March 2008 – 21 October 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Valencia_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Valencia</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 March 2004 – 9 March 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Madrid</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 March 2000 – 14 March 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Segovia_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Segovia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Segovia</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 1996 – March 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jaen_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaen (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Jaen</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-06-15</span>) </span>15 June 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a>, Spain</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">PSOE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Socialist_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia">PSUC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Complutense_University_of_Madrid" title="Complutense University of Madrid">Complutense University of Madrid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jurist" title="Jurist">Jurist</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz</b> (born 15 June 1949) is a <a href="/wiki/Spaniard" class="mw-redirect" title="Spaniard">Spanish</a> politician and magistrate of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Socialist Party</a>. During her political career, she served as <a href="/wiki/First_Vice_President_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Vice President (Spain)">first deputy prime minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Presidency_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Presidency (Spain)">minister of the Presidency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spokesperson_of_the_Government_of_Spain" title="Spokesperson of the Government of Spain">government spokesperson</a> under prime minister <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Zapatero" title="José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero">José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2004 to 2010 and as president of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Council_of_State" title="Spanish Council of State">Council of State</a> from 2018 to 2022, being the first <a href="/wiki/List_of_female_ministers_of_Spain" title="List of female ministers of Spain">first female deputy prime minister</a> and the first female president of the advisory council. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fernández de la Vega is the daughter of Wenceslao Fernández de la Vega Lombán who was a public servant <a href="/wiki/Spain_under_Franco" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain under Franco">during Franco's dictatorship</a>, a delegate of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Employment_(Spain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Employment (Spain) (page does not exist)">ministry of employment</a> headed at that time by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ferm%C3%ADn_Sanz_Orrio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fermín Sanz Orrio (page does not exist)">Fermín Sanz Orrio</a> (1957–1962). She was born in <a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a> in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-sview_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moncloa_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moncloa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She earned a degree in law from the <a href="/wiki/Complutense_University_of_Madrid" title="Complutense University of Madrid">Complutense University of Madrid</a> in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-moncloa_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moncloa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974 she entered Spain's <i>Cuerpo de Secretarios Jurídicos Laborales</i>, a specialised body of the civil service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fernández de la Vega started her political career in the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Socialist_Party_of_Catalonia" title="Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia">Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia</a>, remaining a member of it until 1979. From 1982 until 1985, she was the director of the advisory cabinet of the minister of justice, and in 1985 she was appointed general director of services at the ministry of justice. In 1986 she became a member of the legal cooperation committee of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>. In 1990, she was chosen as a spokesperson of the <a href="/wiki/General_Council_of_the_Judicial_Power_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain">general council of judicial power</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Senate">Senate</a> (1994–1996). On 13 May 1994, the then Justice Minister <a href="/wiki/Juan_Alberto_Belloch" title="Juan Alberto Belloch">Juan Alberto Belloch</a> appointed her as the 1st <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice_(Spain)" title="Secretary of State for Justice (Spain)">Secretary of State for Justice</a>. </p><p>Fernández de la Vega was elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Congress">Spanish Congress</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ja%C3%A9n_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaén (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Jaén</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a> candidacy for the 1996–2000 term, being re-elected in the elections of 2000 for <a href="/wiki/Segovia_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Segovia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Segovia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moncloa_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moncloa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this term she became general secretary of the Socialist parliamentary group. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2004_Spanish_general_election" title="2004 Spanish general election">Spanish general election of 2004</a> she became a member of the parliament for <a href="/wiki/Madrid_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Madrid</a>, and on 18 April of that year she was appointed <a href="/wiki/First_Vice_President_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Vice President (Spain)">first vice president</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Presidency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Presidency (page does not exist)">minister of Presidency</a>, remaining the incumbent of each. </p><p>Fernández de la Vega was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_female_ministers_of_Spain" title="List of female ministers of Spain">first woman</a> to take on the functions of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">prime minister</a> in the history of Spanish democracy, when, on 24 April 2004, during the first official visit abroad of Spain's Prime Minister, Zapatero, she presided over the Council of Ministers. </p><p>In March 2006, the first vice president went on an African tour with the state secretary for cooperation, <a href="/wiki/Leire_Paj%C3%ADn" title="Leire Pajín">Leire Pajín</a>, visiting <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, in whose capital, <a href="/wiki/Maputo" title="Maputo">Maputo</a>, they celebrated <a href="/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" title="International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a> and closed the forum "Spain-Africa: Women for a better world". </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2008_Spanish_general_election" title="2008 Spanish general election">2008 elections</a>, Fernández de la Vega headed the list for the PSOE in <a href="/wiki/Valencia_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)">Valencia</a>. She left all the political offices in October 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="President_of_the_Council_of_State">President of the Council of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: President of the Council of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the first political line, on 3 July 2018, prime minister <a href="/wiki/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Pedro Sánchez">Pedro Sánchez</a> chose her to chair over the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Council_of_State" title="Spanish Council of State">Council of State</a>, the supreme consultative council of the Spanish government. She assumed the office on 5 July 2018, becoming the first woman to chair the council.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Judges for Democracy (Jueces para la Democracia), Member</li> <li>Graduate School for Global and International Studies, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Salamanca" title="University of Salamanca">University of Salamanca</a>, Member of the Advisory Board<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition, Fernández de la Vega has written many papers, including <i>La reforma de la jurisdicción laboral</i> and <i>Derechos humanos y Consejo de Europa</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 7 October 2006 Fernández de la Vega received the <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Tom%C3%A1s_y_Valiente" title="Francisco Tomás y Valiente">Tomás y Valiente</a> Award in <a href="/wiki/Fuenlabrada" title="Fuenlabrada">Fuenlabrada</a>, Madrid.</li> <li>On 6 November 2010 Fernández de la Vega was granted with the Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Charles_III" title="Order of Charles III">Order of Charles III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_la_Vega&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Spain_(8th_Legislature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers of Spain (8th Legislature)">Council of Ministers of Spain (8th Legislature)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Cabinet of Spain">Minister of the Presidency of Spain</a> </b><br />2004–2010 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_J%C3%A1uregui_Atondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramón Jáuregui Atondo">Ramón Jáuregui Atondo</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Zaplana" title="Eduardo Zaplana">Eduardo Zaplana</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Spokesperson of the Government of Spain </b><br />2004–2010 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_P%C3%A9rez_Rubalcaba" title="Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba">Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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