Ludivina García Arias

Ludivina García Arias (born (1945-12-13)13 December 1945) is a Mexican-Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Having emigrated from Mexico to Spain in the 1970s, she served as a Member of the Congress of Deputies for Asturias from 1979 to 1986, and from 2000 to 2004. From 1987 until 1999 she was a Member of the European Parliament.

Ludivina García Arias
García Arias in 2019
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
5 April 2000 – 20 January 2004
ConstituencyAsturias
In office
18 November 1982 – 23 April 1986
ConstituencyAsturias
In office
23 March 1979 – 31 August 1982
ConstituencyOviedo
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
In office
4 July 1987 – 19 July 1999
Personal details
Born (1945-12-13) 13 December 1945
Morelia, Michoacán
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
EducationNational Autonomous University of Mexico

Life and career

Ludivina García Arias was born in December 1945 to Asturian parents in Morelia in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Having studied history at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she moved to Spain towards the end of the Francoist dictatorship.[1] She worked as a secondary school teacher.[2]

García Arias joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1972, and was elected to the Congress of Deputies for Asturias in the 1979 general election.[2] She remained in this office until 1986. In 1987, she was elected to represent Spain at the European Parliament. She served in this role until the 1999 European Parliament election.[3] In 2000, she was again elected to the Congress of Deputies. Her political career ended in 2004.[4]

References
  1. "Habla la voz del exilio: "No le veo futuro a la III República a pesar de Juan Carlos I"". El Confidencial. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. "Ludivina García Arias, premio "Pura Tomás" por su trayectoria feminista". La Nueva España. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. "Ludivina Garcia Arias". European Parliament. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. "García Arias, Ludivina". Congreso de los Diputados. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
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