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Beatriz Carrillo

Beatriz Carrillo

Spanish politician and activist


Beatriz Micaela Carrillo de los Reyes (born 2 June 1975) is a Spanish politician and social activist. She is as member of the 13th Congress of Deputies integrated within the Socialist Parliamentary Group, representing Seville.

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Biography

Born on 2 June 1975 in Palma del Río, in the province of Córdoba,[1] she is of Romani ethnicity. A self-described Socialist "since (she was in) the bassinet", her father had been a clandestine Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) member during the Francoist Spain era, who fought against truancy among the Gipsy kids.[2][3] She undertook studies in Business Administration, earned a diplomature in Social Work and a Licentiate degree in Anthropology; she paid her studies with work in the street vending and in the orange industry in her native town.[4]

A social activist known by her work as President of Fakali, the Federation of Gypsy Women Associations,[5] she ran 3rd in PSOE list for Seville for the Congress of Deputies vis-à-vis the 2019 general election.[6] She was elected member of the 13th term of the Lower House.[1]


References

  1. "XIII Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) Carrillo de los Reyes, Beatriz Micaela". Congress of Deputies.
  2. Ingelmo, Pedro (21 April 2019). "Beatriz Carrillo, una voz para la mayor minoría". Diario de Sevilla.

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