Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría

Birth Name: María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón

Place of Birth: Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Date of Birth: 10 June, 1971

Ethnicity: Spanish [Castilian]

Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría is a Spanish politician. She served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency, both from 21 December, 2011 to 1 June, 2018, as well as as Spokesperson of the Government, from 21 December, 2011 to 3 November, 2016, and as Minister for Territorial Administrations, from 3 November, 2016 to 7 June, 2018, among other duties.

Her father, Pedro Sáenz de Santamaria Alonso, was a native of Valladolid. Her mother, Petra Antón Moreno, is a native of Berlanga de Duero, Soria.

Soraya is married to José Iván Rosa Vallejo, with whom she has a son.

Source: Biography of Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría – La vicepresidenta: Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría: la mujer más poderosa de España (2017), by Gabriela Bustelo and Alejandra Ruiz-Hermosilla