Concha Andreu
{{short description|Spanish oenologist and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Andreu|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}
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| name = Concha Andreu
| image = CoR_Members_portraits_-_Concha_Andreu_(cropped).jpg
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| office = President of La Rioja
| term_start = 29 August 2019
| term_end = 29 June 2023
| predecessor = José Ignacio Ceniceros
| successor = Gonzalo Capellán
| office1 = Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of La Rioja
| term_start1 = 31 October 2021
| predecessor1 = Francisco Ocón
| office2 = Member of the Parliament of La Rioja
| term_start2 = 16 June 2011
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| birth_name = Concepción Andreu Rodríguez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Calahorra (La Rioja), Spain
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| party = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
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| alma_mater = University of Salamanca
University of Zaragoza
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| office3 = Member of the Senate
| term_start3 = 17 August 2023
| constituency3 = La Rioja
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Concepción "Concha" Andreu Rodríguez (born 10 March 1967) is a Spanish oenologist and politician who served as the President of La Rioja from 2019 to 2023. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Parliament of La Rioja.
Biography
Andreu was born in 1967 in Calahorra. She studied biological sciences at the University of Salamanca and obtained a master's degree in viticulture and oenology from the University of Zaragoza.{{Cite news|url=https://rioja2.com/n-134908-2-asi-es-concha-andreu-la-nueva-presidenta-del-gobierno-de-la-rioja/|title=Así es Concha Andreu, la nueva presidenta del Gobierno de La Rioja|date=2019-08-28|work=Rioja2|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}
She obtained a seat at the Parliament of La Rioja in 2011. In the 2015 Riojan regional election, Andreu was the candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for President of La Rioja, and PSOE obtained 10 seats out of 33, while the People's Party (PP) obtained 15. Andreu was subsequently the parliament spokesperson for PSOE.{{Cite news|url=https://www.parlamento-larioja.org/conoce-el-parlamento/legislaturas-anteriores/legislatura-9/diputados/concepcion-andreu-rodriguez|title=Concepción Andreu Rodríguez|work=Parliament of La Rioja|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}
In the 2019 Riojan regional election, Andreu repeated as PSOE's candidate for President of La Rioja. PSOE obtained 15 seats out of 33, becoming the largest party in the Parliament of La Rioja for the first time since the 1991 election. On 27 August, Andreu was invested president after reaching an agreement with Podemos and United Left.{{Cite news|author=Pedro Gorospe|url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/08/27/actualidad/1566893359_591936.html|title=El PSOE ensancha su poder regional al lograr la presidencia de La Rioja con los votos de Podemos e IU|date=2019-08-27|newspaper=El País|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}} Andreu is the first woman to hold the office of President of La Rioja.{{Cite news|author=EFE|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Concha-Andreu-Rioja-Podemos-IU_0_935806696.html|title=La socialista Concha Andreu, presidenta de La Rioja con apoyo de Podemos e IU|date=2019-08-27|newspaper=eldiario.es|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}
In the 2023 Spanish general election she was elected to the 15th Senate of Spain from La Rioja.
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Category:Presidents of La Rioja (Spain)
Category:Politicians from La Rioja
Category:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of La Rioja (Spain)
Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of La Rioja (Spain)
Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of La Rioja (Spain)