Raquel Miriam Andrés Prieto (born 13 September 1976) is a Spanish politician serving as mayor of Palencia since 2023.[1] From 2008 to 2016, she was a member of the Senate.[2]
Miriam Andrés | |
|---|---|
 Andrés in 2023 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 9 March 2008 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Constituency | Palencia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1976 |
| Party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Life
editShe was born in Palencia on 13 September 1976.[3][4] She graduated with a law degree. She was first elected to the Palencia City Council in 1999, a member of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), serving for 11 years.[5] She was a provincial deputy from 2004 to 2008, and general secretary of the Socialist Youth of Castile and León from 2004 to 2007.[6] Following the 2007 municipal elections, she was appointed councilor for Festivals. She was elected senator for the province of Palencia in the 2008 and 2011 general elections.[3][7]
In the 2023 Spanish municipal elections, the PSOE candidate list in Palencia, led by Miriam Andrés, remained the leading political force with 10 councilors and 14,487 votes, representing 36.83% of the municipality's total. This election again resulted in a fragmented city council, with the emergence of the Vamos Palencia political force. Vamos Palencia allowed the most-voted list to govern, and after signing a programmatic agreement with the PSOE in Palencia; Miriam Andrés thus became the mayor of Palencia.[8]
References
edit- ↑ "Miriam Andrés, alcaldesa de Palencia" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "Andrés Prieto, Raquel Miriam" (in Spanish). Senate of Spain.
- 1 2 "Miriam Andrés Prieto - PSOE de PALENCIA". PSOE de Palencia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ caBallero, fernando (24 July 2014). "«Es el tiempo de los militantes en el PSOE»". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Miriam Andrés se proclama candidata del PSOE a la Alcaldía de Palencia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ norte, el (22 November 2014). "Miriam Andrés se proclama definitivamente candidata del PSOE a la Alcaldía". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ España, Senado de. "Senado de España: home". www.senado.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Biografía Raquel Miriam Andrés Prieto | Ayuntamiento de Palencia". www.aytopalencia.es. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
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