Ana Pastor | |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Excellent |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | President of the Congress of Deputies |
Term Start: | 19 July 2016 |
Term End: | 20 May 2019 |
Vicepresident: | José Ignacio Prendes Micaela Navarro Rosa María Romero María Gloria Elizo |
Predecessor: | Patxi López |
Successor: | Meritxell Batet |
Office2: | Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies |
Term Start2: | 3 December 2019 |
Term End2: | 17 August 2023 |
President2: | Meritxell Batet |
Predecessor2: | Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis |
Successor2: | José Antonio Bermúdez de Castro |
Term Start3: | 1 April 2008 |
Term End3: | 13 December 2011 |
President3: | José Bono |
Predecessor3: | Jordi Vilajoana |
Successor3: | Jaime Javier Barrero |
Office4: | Minister of Development |
Term Start4: | 22 December 2011 |
Term End4: | 19 July 2016 |
Primeminister4: | Mariano Rajoy |
Predecessor4: | José Blanco López |
Successor4: | Íñigo de la Serna |
Office5: | Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality |
Term Start5: | 10 July 2002 |
Term End5: | 18 April 2004 |
Primeminister5: | José María Aznar |
Predecessor5: | Celia Villalobos |
Successor5: | Elena Salgado |
Office6: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
Term Start6: | 1 March 1996 |
Constituency6: | Pontevedra |
Birth Date: | 1957 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cubillos, Spain |
Party: | PP |
Spouse: | José Benito Suárez Costa |
Alma Mater: | University of Salamanca |
Ana María Pastor Julián (born 11 November 1957) is a Spanish doctor and politician for the People's Party who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 19 July 2016 to 20 May 2019. Previously she was Minister of Health from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of Public Works from 2011 to 2016.[1] Since 20 May 2019 is the Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.
Ana Pastor Julián was born in Cubillos del Pan, Zamora, she has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Salamanca and was an officer of the Senior Public Health and Health Administration.
She has been Head of Health Service Planning of the delegation of provincial council of Pontevedra of Minister of Health of the Xunta de Galicia (Galician Government), and primary care manager in the province of Pontevedra and provincial council director of the Galician Health Service, SERGAS (Galician Health Service). She was general director of the General Mutual State Civil Servants (Muface). In the People's Party XV Congress she was elected executive secretary of Social Policy. She also became the coordinator of Social Participation of the party.[2] She has represented Pontevedra Province in the Spanish Congress of Deputies since 2000, becoming second vice president of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies until 13 December 2011.On 22 December 2011, she was appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport of Spain.[1]
On 11 March 2020, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pastor confirmed via Twitter she had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[3]
On 18 July 2016 Pastor was designated by Mariano Rajoy as the People's Party candidate for President of Congress, with the support of Citizens. As speaker, she headed the lower house's nine-member executive committee.[4]
Ana Pastor Julián has been a patroness of Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES).
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (28 October 2014)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (27 February 2019)
Grand cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal) (15 April 2018)[5]