Sofía Acedo Reyes

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

Sofía Acedo Reyes (born 24 September 1985 in Melilla, Spain) is a Spanish politician.^[1] She was the senator representing Melilla in the senate of Spain from 2016 to 2023.^[2][3]

Sofia Acedo Reyes
Member of the Senate
In office 14 January 2016 – 16 August 2023
Constituency	Melilla
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 August 2023
Personal details
Born	24 September 1985 (1985-09-24) (age 39) Melilla, Spain
Political party	People's Party (Spain)
Occupation	Politician

She was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies from Melilla in the 2023 Spanish general election.

Biography

Acedo Reyes was born on 24 September 1985 in Melilla, Spain. She later relocated to Granada for her university education where she studied and graduated in Sociology. During the 2008 elections, she was on the list of candidates to the Senate under the People's Party (PP). In 2011, she was introduced as number 3 of the People's Party in the regional elections, being elected as a deputy in the Assembly of Melilla. On 20 December 2015 Reyes was elected senator representing Melilla.

After her first term, on 10 November 2019, she was re-elected senator for Melilla, winning with over 8,912 votes compared to the 8,860 votes obtained by Dunia Al-Mansouri Umpierrez of the Coalition for Melilla.^[4][5]