Carmen Leyte

María del Carmen Leyte Coello (born 3 December 1953) is a Spanish doctor and politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a member of the Senate of Spain since the 2008 general election, representing the Province of Ourense.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Leyte and the second or maternal family name is Coello.

Political career

Leyte was born in Vigo and was the mayor of Cartelle between 1991 and 2017.[2]

In addition to her role in parliament, Leyte has been serving as a member of the Spanish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. In the Assembly, she is a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 2020), Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 2020), Sub-Committee on Children (since 2020), the Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (since 2019) and Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (2018–2019).[3] In this capacity, she authored a 2022 report on vaccine-preventable diseases.[4]

Personal life

On 12 March 2020 during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Leyte tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[5]

References
  1. Leyte Coello, María del Carmen (in Spanish)
  2. Carmen Leyte cede la alcaldía de Cartelle en una persona "trabajadora y servicial" (in Spanish)
  3. Carmen Leyte Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  4. Promoting quality vaccination services accessible to all people and tackling anti-vaccination attitudes Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release 24 June 2022.
  5. 20minutos (2020-03-12). "La senadora del PP por Ourense Carmen Leyte da positivo por Covid-19". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-12.


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