Rosa Peris Cervera
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Rosa Peris Cervera is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, 25 February 1969) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the governing Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
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Peris qualified in law and first worked as a lawyer. In 1999 she was elected local councillor for her hometown of Benaguasil and the following year she entered national politics when she was elected to the national parliament as a deputy for Valencia
Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...
. She did not stand in 2004. Subsequently she served as Director General of the Women's institute of Spain.