Valentina Martínez Ferro
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Short description|Spanish politician (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Valentina Martínez
| image = Political Assembly 9.-10. September 2019 (48706381286) (cropped).jpg
| birth_place = Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| birth_name = María Valentina Martínez Ferro
| nationality = Spanish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|21|df=yes}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|political advisor}}
| party = People's Party
}}
María Valentina Martínez Ferro (born 1976) is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a member of the 10th, 12th and 13th terms of the Congress of Deputies.
Early life and education
Born on 21 June 1976 in Santiago de Compostela (province of A Coruña),{{Cite journal|date=17 January 2012|title=El Gobierno nombra una directora de Gabinete del director de Gabinete|url=https://www.publico.es/espana/gobierno-nombra-directora-gabinete-del.html|journal=Público}} Martínez Ferro earned a licentiate degree in Political and Administration Sciences. She later obtained a master's degree in European studies at the Université catholique de Louvain.{{Cite web|url=https://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/espana/noticias/9211454/06/18/Valentina-martinez-vuelve-al-congreso-tras-la-renunciar-rajoy-al-escano.html|title=Valentina martínez vuelve al congreso tras la renunciar rajoy al escaño|date=15 June 2019}}
Political career
=Early beginnings=
Specialised in international relations,{{Cite journal|date=19 November 2011|title=Las mujeres del PP marcan tendencia|url=https://www.larazon.es/historico/6018-las-mujeres-del-pp-marcan-tendencia-PLLA_RAZON_413267|journal=La Razón}} Martínez Ferro was part of the Secretariat of International Relations of the People's Party (PP) between 2002 and 2012.{{Cite journal|last=Guzmán|first=Cecilia|date=17 January 2012|title=El Gobierno cuenta con una directora de Gabinete del director de Gabinete|url=https://www.elplural.com/politica/el-gobierno-cuenta-con-una-directora-de-gabinete-del-director-de-gabinete_46603102|journal=El Plural}}
Martínez Ferro was included in the 28th slot of the PP list in Madrid for the 2011 general election.{{Smallcaps|Juntas Electorales Provinciales}}: {{Cite journal|title=Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1329/2011, de 26 de septiembre|url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/GENERALES_2011_Candidaturas.pdf|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=257|date=25 October 2011|page=111372|issn=0212-033X}} She was not elected then and was appointed Chief of Staff of Jorge Moragas (Mariano Rajoy's Chief of Staff).
=Member of Parliament, 2014–present=
Martínez Ferro obtained a parliamentary seat in the Congress of Deputies in October 2014, covering the vacant left by Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. During the 10th term of the Lower House, she served as Spokesperson in the Committee of International Development Cooperation and as member of the committees of Foreign Affairs and Budget.{{Cite journal|last=Mayor Ortega|first=Leonor|date=20 June 2018|title=Valentina Martínez Ferro, la verdadera sustituta de Mariano Rajoy|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180620/45271462199/valentina-martinez-ferro-sustituta-mariano-rajoy-congreso-diputada.html|journal=La Vanguardia}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idLegislatura=10&idDiputado=402|title=X Legislatura (2011–2016) Martínez Ferro, María Valentina|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados}}
Martínez Ferro ran 17th in the PP list in Madrid for the 2016 general election, but she was not elected this time either. In June 2018, she again obtained her seat covering a vacant post, this time the vacant seat left by Mariano Rajoy.
Martínez Ferro ran as candidate to a deputy seat 3rd the PP list for A Coruña (3rd place) vis-à-vis the April 2019 general election.{{Smallcaps|Juntas Electorales Provinciales}}: {{Cite journal|title=Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 129/2019, de 4 de marzo.|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2019/04/02/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-4902.pdf|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=79|date=2 April 2019|page=34279|issn=0212-033X}} Elected MP, she became a member of the committees on Foreign Affairs, Ecological Transition, International Development Cooperation and the Joint Congress-Senate Committee for the European Union.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idLegislatura=13&idDiputado=114|title=XIII Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) Martínez Ferro, María Valentina|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados}} She replaced {{ill|José Ramón García Hernández|es}} as PP's Secretary on International Relations in July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Garcia-Hernandez-compitio-Casado-diplomatica_0_930557205.html|publisher=eldiario.es|website=www.eldiario.es|title=García Hernández, que compitió con Casado, regresa a la carrera diplomática|date=12 August 2019}}
In addition to her committee assignments, Martínez Ferro has been a member of the Spanish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022.[https://pace.coe.int/en/members/8142/martinez-ferro Valentina Martínez Ferro] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the Assembly, she has served on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 2020); the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 2021); the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (2019–2020); the Sub-Committee on Human Rights (2020–2021); and the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (2020–2021).
Other activities
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Category:Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)