María Dolores de Cospedal

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is De Cospedal and the second or maternal family name is García.

María Dolores de Cospedal
3rd President of the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2011
Preceded by	José María Barreda
Designated Spanish Senator for Castile-La Mancha
In office 12 September 2006 – 22 June 2011
Preceded by	Rosa Romero Sánchez
Deputy in the Courts of Castile-La Mancha for Toledo
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2007
Personal details
Born	María Dolores de Cospedal García December 13, 1965 (1965-12-13) (age 45) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	People's Party
Other political affiliations	Democratic Reformist Party
Spouse(s)	Ignacio López del Hierro (m. 2009)
Alma mater	CEU San Pablo University
Occupation	Jurist
Religion	Roman Catholicism

María Dolores de Cospedal García (13 December 1965) is a Spanish People's Party politician who is the President of Castile-La Mancha and Secretary-General of the People's Party.

De Cospedal was chosen as the People's Party (PP) candidate in the 2011 regional elections, for the presidency of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. She obtained a majority with 48.13% of the votes which meant that for the first time in the history of democratic Spain the PP would govern the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha (JCCM).

External links

• María Dolores de Cospedal Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha website

Party political offices
Preceded by José Manuel Molina	President of the People's Party of Castile-La Mancha 2006 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ángel Acebes	Secretary-General of the People's Party 2008 – present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	De Cospedal, María Dolores
Alternative names	De Cospedal García, María Dolores
Short description	President of Castile-La Mancha
Date of birth	1965-12-13
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death
Place of death