Ana Mato facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ana Mato Adrover
Minister of Health of Spain
In office 22 December 2011 – 26 November 2014
Prime Minister	Mariano Rajoy
Preceded by	Leire Pajín
Succeeded by	Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1959-09-24) 24 September 1959 (age 64) Madrid, Spain
Political party	PP
Relations	Gabriel Mato (brother)
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid

Ana Mato Adrover (born 24 September 1959 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician. From 2011 to 2014 she served as Spain's Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality in the Rajoy Cabinet. On 26 November 2014 she resigned due to the involvement of herself and her husband Jesús Sepúlveda in the Gürtel case.

Education

• Graduate in Political Science and Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid
• Lecturer and tutor at the Spanish National Distance Learning University (UNED)

Career

A member of the National Executive Committee of the PP, she has been involved in Spanish national politics since the 1990s, when she was elected to the Spanish Congress.

Between 2004 and 2008 she served as a Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Bureau of the European People's Party, she sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. She was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.

• 1986-1990: Deputy director of the private office of the President of Castilla y León
• 1991-1993: Independent member of the Madrid Assembly
• National member of parliament for Madrid (1993-)
• 2000-2004: coordinator for local participation and action
• 2000-2004: spokeswoman on Communications and the Media (1983-1986), Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (1986-2000) and Science and Technology
• 2003-2004: planning coordinator

Decorations

• Medal of Merit for Telecommunications

See also

In Spanish: Ana Mato para niños

• 2004 European Parliament election in Spain