Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda (born 14 December 1950 in Seville) is a Spanish politician currently serving as Senator from Teruel in Aragón since 2015. She served as the 175th president of the Congress of Deputies, being the first woman to hold the position in Spanish history. From 2011 to 2015 she served as president of the Government of Aragon.^[1]

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Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda
175th President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 5 April 2000 – 8 April 2004
Preceded by	Federico Trillo
Succeeded by	Manuel Marín
President of the Government of Aragon
In office 13 July 2011 – 3 July 2015
Monarch	Felipe VI
Preceded by	Marcelino Iglesias
Succeeded by	Javier Lambán
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 5 April 2000 – 2 July 2004
Constituency	Zaragoza
Member of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 – 31 March 2008
Constituency	Spain
Mayor of Zaragoza
In office 17 June 1995 – 8 April 2000
Preceded by	Antonio González Triviño
Succeeded by	José Atarés
Senator of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 July 2015
Constituency	Cortes of Aragon (2015–2023) Zaragoza (since 2023)
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-13) 13 December 1950 (age 73) Seville, Spain
Political party	People's Party (since 1989)
Other political affiliations	People's Alliance (until 1989)

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Rudi was born in Seville. In the Spanish parliament she represented Zaragoza from 1986–1996 and from 2000 to 2004. She was a substitute for Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.

She was a member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Between July 2011 and July 2015 she was President of the Government of Aragon. She became a is member of the Senate of Spain in 2015.