Celia Villalobos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villalobos and the second or maternal family name is Talero.

Celia Villalobos Talero (born 18 April 1949) is a Spanish former People's Party (PP) politician and Health Minister.^[1]

Celia Villalobos
First Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 13 December 2011 – 19 July 2016
President	Jesús Posada Patxi López
Preceded by	Teresa Cunillera
Succeeded by	Ignacio Prendes
Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality
In office 27 April 2000 – 10 July 2002
Prime Minister	José María Aznar
Preceded by	José Manuel Romay Beccaría
Succeeded by	Ana Pastor Julián
Mayor of Málaga
In office 17 June 1995 – 27 April 2000
Preceded by	Pedro Aparicio Sánchez
Succeeded by	Francisco de la Torre
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 28 October 1989 – 5 March 2019
Constituency	Málaga
Personal details
Born	(1949-04-18) 18 April 1949 (age 75) Benalmádena (Málaga), Andalusia, Spain
Political party	People's Party
Alma mater	University of Valladolid

Born in Benalmádena, Province of Málaga, she was the mayor of Málaga from 1995 to 2000. She left office when she joined José María Aznar's cabinet as the minister of food and health from 2000 to 2002. Her role at this ministry was controversial, mainly due to a speech she gave during the concern over mad cow disease. However, during her period in office, the government delegated all public health responsibilities to the autonomous communities. She was deputy speaker of the Congress of Deputies between 2011 and 2016.

She is one of the most liberal members of her party. She voted in favour of same-sex marriage in 2005, for which she was economically penalised by the PP, and she left the Spanish Congress during a vote on legal abortion extension cases, which the PP opposed.^[2][3]

References

1. "Villalobos Talero, Celia". Spanish Congress (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
2. EFE (28 April 2005). "El PP sanciona a la ex ministra Villalobos por votar a favor del matrimonio gay". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
3. Europa Press (16 June 2009). "Celia Villalobos se abstiene en la votación sobre el aborto". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 6 May 2020.