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Carme Chacón

1971 - 2017

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Carme Maria Chacón Piqueras (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkaɾmə tʃəˈkom piˈkeɾəs]; March 13, 1971 – April 9, 2017) was a Spanish lawyer, lecturer and politician who was minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) from 1994, she was elected member of the Parliament of Catalonia and vice president of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the lower house in the Spanish Parliament. In 2007, she entered the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero as minister of Housing. A year later, she became the first woman to take charge of the Spanish Ministry of Defense. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carme Chacón is the 17,688th most popular politician (down from 17,283rd in 2019), the 2,104th most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,075th in 2019) and the 465th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carme Chacón ranks 17,689 out of 19,576. Before her are Riikka Purra, Charlie Crist, Vladimir Parfenovich, Jane Swift, Nikolay Merkushkin, Khadija Arib, and An Kum-ae. After her are Erwin Sellering, Happy Chandler, Lourdes Flores, William Blount, and Hazel McCallion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Carme Chacón ranks 439. Before her are Sanaa Lathan, Lidija Dimkovska, David McAllister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Carlos Reygadas, and Alan McManus. After her are Vladimir Akopian, Jonathan Stark, Wayne Ferreira, Martin Hansson, Shinji Nakano, and Craig Robinson. Among people deceased in 2017, Carme Chacón ranks 596. Before her are Monty Hall, Sofía Ímber, Wilfried, Connie Hawkins, Kishori Amonkar, and Valery Asapov. After her are Warrel Dane, Darrall Imhoff, Rosemary Leach, Frank Brian, Frank Spellman, and Benjamin Whitrow.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carme Chacón ranks 2,104 out of 3,355. Before her are Pablo Carreño Busta (1991), Àlex Brendemühl (1972), Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (1965), Dulce Chacón (1954), Pedro Contreras (1972), and Asier del Horno (1981). After her are Eloy Olaya (1964), Pablo Hernández (1985), Yuri Berchiche (1990), Natalia Streignard (1970), Carolina Marín (1993), and Vicente Engonga (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Carme Chacón ranks 465. Before her are Cristóbal Montoro (1950), Ana Pastor Julián (1957), Mercedes Cabrera (1951), Oriol Junqueras (1969), Isabel Díaz Ayuso (1978), and Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (1971). After her are Trinidad Jiménez (1962), Cristina Cifuentes (1964), María Dolores de Cospedal (1965), Francina Armengol (1971), José Luis Martínez-Almeida (1975), and José Manuel Albares (1972).

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