Carme Chacón
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Carme Chacón Piqueras (Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, March 13, 1971) is a Spanish politician who is currently serving as Minister of Defence in the cabinet Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. She is married and has given birth to her first child, a son named Miquel on May 19, 2008. [1]
She holds a bachelor and doctor in Law from the University of Barcelona, and she conducted her postgraduate study at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto), the University of Kingston and the University of Montreal. She worked as a Professor of Constitutional Law and Secretary of Education, Culture and Research in the Executive Commission of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
Chacón is a member of the PSC and PSOE. She was a PSOE member of parliament for Barcelona in the 7th and 8th legislatures, the vice-president of the Spanish Congress of Deputies (Lower House) in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's legislature and she was later named minister of Housing after María Antonia Trujillo.
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- ^ Al Jazeera English "New Spanish Cabinet Revealed." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/13E7F07A-637D-4D68-9833-83B241563DD8.htm
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| Preceded by Margarita Mariscal de Gante |
Congress of Deputies Vice-President 2004 - 2007 |
Succeeded by Carmen Calvo |
| Preceded by María Antonia Trujillo |
Minister of Housing of Spain 2007 - 2008 |
Succeeded by Beatriz Corredor |
| Preceded by José Antonio Alonso |
Minister of Defence of Spain 2008 - Present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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