Esperanza Aguirre

Quick Facts

Full Name	Esperanza Aguirre
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 3, 1952(1952-01-03)
Age	72
Birthplace	Madrid
Country	Spain
Birth City	Community of Madrid
Horoscope	Capricorn

Esperanza Aguirre Biography

Esperanza Aguirre is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 3, 1952 in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. Aguirre was born in Madrid on the 3rd of January 1952. She was the oldest girl of Jose Luis Aguirre Borrell, an accomplished lawyer as well as Piedad Gil de Biedma de Seoane, the sister of writer Jaime Gil de Biedma. Aguirre is also the second cousin to photojournalist Ouka Leele. She was a student at the La Asuncion School and in the British Council School of Madrid and was awarded an honors diploma of Law in the Complutense University of Madrid in 1974. In addition to Spanish She is proficient in English as well as French and has a basic understanding that are Italian as well as “understands” Catalan.

From her very beginning, Aguirre was a member in the Club Liberal of Madrid, which was headed by Pedro Schwartz. Schwartz was believed to have played a significant role in the beginning of Aguirre’s political career. In 1983 Schwartz was the person that convinced her who was being a civil servant at the time, to run for office for the Madrid municipal elections, which were on The list for the alliance of the Schwartz’s Liberal Union, the People’s Alliance and the People’s Democratic Party. The election was her first as the municipal representative. In opposition she was part of the Standing Committee of the Madrid City Council and an CP spokesperson for the subjects in Culture, Education, Youth and Sports Affairs and the Moncloa Aravaca district. In the event that she joined the Liberal Union merged with the Liberal Party in December 1984 she was a member of various roles within both the National Executive and the Political Council of Jose Antonio Segurado’s Liberal Party.

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. Two years later, in 1993, in the reshuffle that followed the fall from grace of firebrand councillor Ángel Matanzo, she assumed additional competences becoming Councillor of Environment, Education, Culture and Sports. In June 1995, after the May election, she became the municipal spokeswoman of the PP and first deputy mayor. Soon after, she was also appointed by the City Council to the Caja Madrid Board of Governors.

Aguirre, a Senator since 1996, was elected President of the Senate in February 1999, the first woman to do so. In March 2000, she was re-elected Senator for Madrid, becoming the top-voted candidate in Spain with 1.55 million votes and 50.7% of the popular vote, a percentage record still unbroken. She resigned in 2002 to run for the Presidency of the Autonomous Community of Madrid in the regional Assembly elections of 2003. She was substituted as President of the Senate by Juan José Lucas.

In 1976, Aguirre joined the ranks of an official of the civil service, and was a part of the Information Corps of the Tourism’s Technical Staff. She was in charge of the Department of Publicity and Tourism which she held until 1979. In the following years, she held various positions in the Ministry of Culture, serving various Ministers in those Democratic Centre Union governments; specifically, she was appointed as the Minister of Prime Ministry himself. The year 1979 was the time she became the chief of staff to the general director of literature and Cinematography. She was appointed as Deputy General Director of studies in the Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture in 1980. She was made Deputy General Director of the advisory staff for the Secretary of State for Culture. Her last post in the Administration was that of the Deputy General Director of Cultural Associations.

Esperanza Aguirre Net Worth

Esperanza Aguirre is one of the richest Politician from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Esperanza Aguirre 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma (Spanish pronunciation: [espe’rantha a’gire] ; born 3 January 1952) is a Spanish politician. A part of the People’s Party (PP), she was president of the Community of Madrid between 2003 between 2003 and 2012, as well as the President of the Senate between 1999 between 1999 and 2001 (becoming an the only female political figure who been in the position) and was minister of Education and Culture (1996-1999). She was also the chairperson of the People’s Party of the Community of Madrid between 2004 and 2016.

The year 1974 was the time that Aguirre got married in 1974 to Fernando Ramirez de Haro the 15th count of Murillo 16th Count Bornos (Grandee from Spain) who, with she two children: Fernando (born 1976) and Alvaro (born in 1980).

In 1987 she left the Liberal Party and joined Popular Alliance, which later, in 1989, was refounded as the People’s Party (PP). She was subsequently re- elected to the city council and continued in opposition until 1989, when a successful vote of no confidence ousted the PSOE mayor Juan Barranco, which allowed the PP and Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) to govern Madrid for the first time since the restoration of competitive municipal elections in 1979, under the Mayorship of Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (CDS). In the new local executive, she was designated head of the Department of the Environment.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Esperanza Aguirre Dating?

According to our records, Esperanza Aguirre married to Fernando Ramírez de Haro, 16th Count of Bornos (m. 1974). As of December 1, 2023, Esperanza Aguirre’s is not dating anyone.

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Aguirre remained as President of the People’s Party of the Community of Madrid. On 13 January 2013 the Seeliger and Conde Foundation, an executive search firm, announced the appointment of Esperanza Aguirre as Chairwoman of its Advisory Council, an office compatible with the role of Chairwoman of the People’s Party of the Community of Madrid.

Facts & Trivia

Esperanza Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Esperanza Aguirre celebrates birthday on January 3 of every year.

Esperanza Aguirre self-defines as a “liberal”. Known by her professed anglophilia, she has cited her admiration for the figure of Margaret Thatcher. According to Jorge del Palacio, Aguirre aimed to develop a Spanish version of the uneasy union between Conservatism and the Liberalism inspired by F. A. Hayek. She has often been regarded as a leading figure of the most conservative wing of the PP, and, having reportedly held political differences and an uneasy personal relationship with PP’s leader Mariano Rajoy, she personally asked the later for a change in the leadership of the party before the June 2016 general election.

Top Facts about Esperanza Aguirre

1. Esperanza Aguirre was born on 3 January 1952 in Madrid.
2. She is a member of the People’s Party.
3. She was the first female President of the Senate.
4. She is the Chairwoman of the Advisory Council of the Seeliger and Conde Foundation.
5. She was appointed Minister of Education, Culture and Sports in 1996.
6. She was the President of the Community of Madrid between 2003 and 2012.
7. She survived the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
8. She resigned as President of the Community of Madrid in 2012 for health reasons.
9. She was replaced as Speaker of the PP Municipal Group by José Luis Martínez-Almeida in 2015.
10. She resigned as Municipal Councillor in 2017 following her former right- hand man’s imprisonment.
11. She was charged with alleged crimes of illicit funding and document forgery in the Púnica corruption case in 2019.
12. She was admitted to hospital with a COVID-19 diagnosis on 19 March 2020.
13. She identifies as a liberal and admires Margaret Thatcher.
14. She personally asked for a change in the leadership of the People’s Party before the 2016 general election.
15. She divides her spare time between her 6 grandchildren and golf.

¿Qué estudios tiene Esperanza Aguirre?

Realizó estudios en los colegios de la Asunción y en el Instituto Británico de Madrid. Cursó estudios universitarios, obteniendo la licenciatura de Derecho por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en 1974.

¿Cuál es la edad de Esperanza Aguirre?

70 años (3 de enero de 1952)

¿Cuántos hermanos tiene Esperanza Aguirre?

Hermanos

¿Dónde nació Esperanza Aguirre?

3 de enero de 1952 (edad 70 años), Madrid, España

¿Dónde ha nacido Esperanza Aguirre?

Madrid, España