Yaiza Castilla Herrera | |
Birth Place: | San Sebastián de La Gomera |
Office: | Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Canary Islands |
Termstart: | 18 July 2019 |
Office1: | Senator in the Cortes Generales |
Termstart1: | 13 January 2016 |
Termend1: | 18 July 2019 |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Citizenship: | Spain |
Yaiza Castilla Herrera (born 5 July 1984 in San Sebastián de La Gomera, Spain) is a Spanish politician and former senator.[1] She served in the Senate of Spain representing La Gomera in the 11th and 12th Legislatures of Spain between 2015 and 2019.[2] She was appointed Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce since 17 July 2019 for Canary Islands by President Ángel Víctor Torres.[3]
Herrera was born in San Sebastián de La Gomera in 1984. She attended the University of La Laguna where she graduated with a master's degree in Urban Law. After her education, she worked as a freelance attorney before joining Garrigues.
In 2015, during the general elections contested for a sit in the Senate through the Gomera Socialist Group. While she was in the senate, she was a member of the Equality Commission.[4]