Isabel García Tejerina | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture, Fishers, Food and Environment |
Primeminister: | Mariano Rajoy |
Term Start: | 28 April 2014 |
Term End: | 1 June 2018 |
Predecessor: | Miguel Arias Cañete |
Successor: | Luis Planas Teresa Ribera |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1968 |
Birth Place: | Valladolid, Spain |
Party: | People's Party |
Alma Mater: | Technical University of Madrid and University of Valladolid |
Isabel García Tejerina (Valladolid, 9 October 1968) is a Spanish politician of the PP.[1]
García Tejerina has a Master's from University of California, Davis in Agricultural Economy, a Bachelor's in Law from the University of Valladolid and a degree in agricultural engineering from the Technical University of Madrid.[2]
García Tejerina served as General Secretary of Agriculture and Feeding of Spain for two periods: from April 2000 to April 2004 and from February 2012 to April 2014. She was Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Fishers, Food and Environment from 28 April 2014 until 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government.[3] [4] Her re-appointment caused some criticism by Spanish environmentalists.[5]