Cristina Narbona

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Cristina Narbona

| image = File:(Cristina Narbona) Recepción al Cuerpo Diplomático 2019 03 (cropped).jpg

| office = First Vice President of the Senate

| term_start = 21 May 2019

| term_end = 17 August 2023

| president = Manuel Cruz Rodríguez
Pilar Llop

| predecessor = Pedro Sanz

| successor =

| office1 = President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

| term_start1 = 17 June 2017

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Micaela Navarro

| successor1 =

| office2 = Minister of Environment

| term_start2 = 18 April 2004

| term_end2 = 14 April 2008

| primeminister2 = José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

| predecessor2 = Elvira Rodríguez

| successor2 = Elena Espinosa

| office3 = Member of the Senate

| term_start3 = 21 May 2019

| term_end3 = 17 August 2023

| constituency3 = Madrid

| office4 = Member of the Congress of Deputies

| constituency4 = Madrid

| term_start4 = 17 August 2023

| term_end4 =

| constituency5 = Madrid

| term_start5 = 13 December 2011

| term_end5 = 10 January 2013

| constituency6 = Madrid

| term_start6 = 2 April 2004

| term_end6 = 30 April 2008

| constituency7 = Almería

| term_start7 = 21 March 1996

| term_end7 = 5 April 2000

| office8 = Member of the City Council of Madrid

| term_start8 = 13 June 1999

| term_end8 = 16 June 2003

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|7|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

| alma_mater = Sapienza University of Rome

| spouse = {{marriage|Josep Borrell|2018}}

}}

María Cristina Narbona Ruiz (born 29 July 1951) is a Spanish politician who served as First Vice President of the Senate. She also presides over the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

From 18 April 2004 to April 2008, she served as Minister of Environment in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She is a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, a think tank linked to the PSOE.

Biography

Narbona was born in Madrid. At the age of 12 she emigrated to Rome with her parents, where she obtained a degree in economics before returning to Spain in 1975.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2018-11-18/narbona-psoe-doctorado-licenciatura-italia_1648290/|title=La presidenta del PSOE hace pasar una licenciatura italiana por doctorado|work=El Confidencial|access-date=2018-11-19|language=es}}[http://www.el-mundo.es/documentos/2004/04/espana/nuevogobierno/cristinanarbona.html Cristina Narbona], El Mundo (in Spanish) Subsequently, she taught at the University of Seville and served in the regional government of Andalucia.[http://www.todopolitica.com/biografias/?n=cristina_narbona Biography of Cristina Narbona] at todopolitica.com (in Spanish) In 1993 she joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She served in the local government of Madrid in several capacities. She has represented Madrid in the Spanish Congress since 2000.

On 18 June 2017 she was elected president of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Having been in a relationship with fellow PSOE politician Josep Borrell since 1998, they married in July 2018.{{cite web|last=Alegre|first=Martín|title=Primicia: Josep Borrell y Cristina Narbona se han casado tras 20 años de convivencia|url=https://informalia.eleconomista.es/informalia/actualidad/noticias/9535854/11/18/Josep-Borrell-y-Cristina-Narbona-se-han-casado-tras-20-anos-de-convivencia-en-pareja.html|work=El Economista|date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite journal|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/11/22/gente/1542887497_904522.html|journal=El País|title=Josep Borrell y Cristina Narbona se casan en secreto|date=23 November 2018}}

She tested positive for the COVID-19 on 1 February 2021 during the pandemic in Spain, but with mild symptoms.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-cristina-narbona-positivo-coronavirus-202102021704_noticia.html|journal=ABC|title=JCristina Narbona, positivo en coronavirus|date=2 February 2021}}

Political views

In a 2002 interview with Telemadrid, Narbona argued that the price of housing in Spain was excessive and out of reach of young people, and called for more government aid in the housing sector.[http://www.telemadrid.es/contenidos/html/elcirculo/pagina_cristinanarbona.htm Interview with Cristina Narbona] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814141118/http://www.telemadrid.es/contenidos/html/elcirculo/pagina_cristinanarbona.htm |date=2007-08-14 }}, Telemadrid, 2002 (in Spanish)

Narbona is an opponent of nuclear power and supports the gradual closure of nuclear plants in Spain. She has also supported the implementation of the Kyoto Protocols in Spain.