Ana Pastor (politician)

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Personal details
Born	(1957-11-11) 11 November 1957 (age 66) Cubillos, Spain
Political 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

Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies

.

Early life

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.

Career

She has been Head of Health Service Planning of the delegation of provincial council of

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]

President of Congress

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]

Lobbying work

Ana Pastor Julián has been a patroness of Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES).

Honours

National Honours

•  Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III

Foreign Honours

•  
  Order of Merit
  (28 October 2014)
•  Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (27 February 2019)
•  
  Order of Christ (Portugal) (15 April 2018)^[5]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Ignacio Gonzalez	Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sport 1999–2000	Succeeded by Mariano Zabía Lasala
Preceded by Juan Junquera González	Undersecretary of the Presidency 2000–2001	Succeeded by Dolores de la Fuente Vázquez
Preceded by Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Ibáñez-Martín	Undersecretary of the Interior 2001–2002	Succeeded by Maria Dolores de Cospedal
Preceded by Celia Villalobos	Minister of Health and Consumption 2002–2004	Succeeded by Elena Salgado
Preceded by José Blanco	Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies 2008–2011	Succeeded by Javier Barrero
Preceded by Jordi Vilajoana	Minister of Public Works and Transport 2011–2016	Succeeded by Rafael Catalá Acting
Preceded by Patxi López	President of the Congress of Deputies 2016–2019	Succeeded by Meritxell Batet
Preceded by Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis	Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies 2019–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Angeles Muñoz	Executive Secretary of the People's Party Social Policy 2002–2004	Succeeded by Jose Ignacio Echániz
Preceded by Angeles Muñoz	People's Party Social Participation Coordinator 2004–present	Incumbent