About Esperanza Aguirre
Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma, Countess of Bornos (Spanish pronunciation: [espeˈɾanθa aˈɣire]; born 3 January 1952) is a Spanish politician. As member of the People's Party (PP), she served as President of the Senate between 1999 and 2002 (becoming the first female politician to have held the post), as President of the Community of Madrid between 2003 and 2012 and as Minister of Education and Culture (1996–1999). She also chaired the People's Party of the Community of Madrid between 2004 and 2016. The PP won a council majority in the 1991 election and José María Álvarez del Manzano was subsequently invested as new mayor, with Aguirre remaining in the municipal government board. In June 1995, after the May election, she became the municipal spokeswoman of the PP and first deputy mayor. In 1976 Aguirre became a civil servant, as member of the Corps of Information of Tourism's Technicians.
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