Isaura Leal Fernandez

Isaura Leal Fernández (Valencia, April 6, 1959) is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party who currently serves as a deputy and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies. Between 2018 and 2019 she was the second and last Government Commissioner in front of the Demographic Challenge of the Government of Spain.

Isaura Leal Fernández
Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
August 17, 2023
PresidentFrancina Armengol
Preceded bySofía Hernanz Costa
Secretary General of the Socialist Parliamentary Group Socialist Party in the Congress of Deputies
In office
September 12, 2022 – August 17, 2023
Preceded byRafaela Crespín
Succeeded byMontse Mínguez
President of PSOE-M
Assumed office
November 14, 2021
Preceded byManuel Robles Delgado
Commissioner of the Government of Spain against the Demographic Challenge
In office
June 30, 2018 – March 23, 2019
PresidentPedro Sánchez
Preceded byEdelmira Barreira
PSOE Executive Secretary for Civil Service
In office
June 18, 2017 – October 17, 2021
PresidentCristina Narbona
Succeeded byLlanos Castellanos
Member of the Cortes Generales for Madrid
Assumed office
February 4, 2020
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office
July 9, 2015 – July 2, 2018
Personal details
Born (1959-04-06) 6 April 1959
Valencia, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
EducationUniversity of Valladolid, Charles III University of Madrid
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Born in Valencia in 1959, Leal Fernández holds a degree in law from the University of Valladolid[1] and a master's degree in Public Policy Analysis and Management from the Charles III University of Madrid.[2] She is divorced and has a son.[1]

She has been working in public administration since she was young, as a legal technician in the Ministry of Public Works and Territorial Planning of the Junta of Castile and León between 1983 and 1988. She then went on to work at the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, where she worked until 2014. In that federation she held multiple positions, such as general secretary, director of the Legal Department, coordinator of Institutional Relations, director of Provincial Councils, Councils and Councils, Small Municipalities and director of Urban Planning, Environment and Housing.

She made the leap to active politics in the 2015 regional elections, being elected deputy to the Assembly of Madrid. In this, she served as deputy spokesperson in the Contracting Oversight Commission, spokesperson of the Control Commission of the Public Entity Radio Televisión de Madrid and member of the Commission of Inquiry on political corruption in the Community of Madrid.[1]

Closely linked to the PSOE, since 2017 she has been the Executive Secretary of Public Function in the party's Federal Executive Committee.[3]

In June 2018, the government of Pedro Sánchez appointed her as Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge, a position integrated into the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function headed by Meritxell Batet.[4] She left office in March 2019 when she ran as a candidate for Madrid in the general elections of April 2019, being elected deputy for the XIII Cortes Generales.[5]

Already as a deputy, Leal is a member of the Regulation and Constitutional Commissions and president of the Territorial Policy and Public Function Commission. She is also a member of the Permanent Deputation of Congress.

In May 2021, following the resignation of José Manuel Franco as secretary general of the PSOE-M, Leal was appointed president of the Management Commission of the Madrid federation.[6] This position is in addition to that of president of the Management Commission of the provincial federation of the PSOE of Huelva, a position she has held since November 2020.[7]

References
  1. "Isaura Leal Fernández – XIV Legislatura – Congreso de los Diputados". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  2. "MARIA ISAURA LEAL FERNANDEZ. Executive Secretary of Public Function of the CEF-PSOE". www.psoe.es. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  3. "Quién es quién en la nueva ejecutiva del PSOE de Pedro Sánchez". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  4. "El Gobierno nombra a Isaura Leal nueva Comisionada del Gobierno frente al Reto Demográfico". Europa Press. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  5. "Cascada de ceses de altos cargos del Gobierno para encabezar las listas del PSOE". www.moncloa.com (in Spanish). 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  6. Romero, Juanma (2021-05-07). "Sánchez elige a Isaura Leal, miembro de su dirección, como presidenta de la gestora del PSOE madrileño". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  7. Información, Huelva (2020-11-07). "Isaura Leal preside la gestora del PSOE de Huelva que coordina y pilota Faneca". Huelva Información (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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