Ana Maria Miranda Paz (; born 2 May 1971) is a Galician politician of the

Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( , BNG) is a political party from Galicia (Spain), Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic Popular front, front" ...

. She has served thrice in the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

Career in the European Parliament

2009 European Parliament election

Miranda was on the list of the

Europe of the Peoples–Greens Europe of the Peoples–The Greens (, EdP–V) was a Spanish electoral alliance formed for the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain. The alliance consisted of eleven parties, nine leftwing nationalist and two green. All member parties wer ...

electoral alliance in the

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. The alliance won a single seat which was held first by

Oriol Junqueras Oriol Junqueras i Vies (; born 11 April 1969) is a Spain, Spanish politician and historian from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2 ...

of ERC (

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia (, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands and t ...

). Miranda joined the European Parliament in January 2012 after Junqueras stood down. She served until 2013.Ana Maria Miranda Paz
European Parliament.

2014 European Parliament election

In the 2014 European elections, Miranda stood on the list of

The Peoples Decide The Peoples Decide (; ; ; ; , LPD) was a Spanish electoral list in the European Parliament election in 2014 made up from left-wing pro-independence parties. It included Basque Country Gather (EH Bildu) together with Gorripidea, the Galician Nati ...

alliance. The alliance won a single seat which it was decided to allocate on a rotative basis to Ana Miranda and Josu Juaristi. The latter candidate, a member of

EH Bildu EH Bildu, short for Euskal Herria Bildu (English language, English: 'Basque Country Gather' or 'Basque Country Unite'), is a Left-wing politics, left-wing, Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Separatism, pro-independence federation of poli ...

, held the seat first. Miranda took over the seat in February 2018, joining the parliamentary group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in March.

2019 European Parliament election

In the 2019 election the Galician nationalists were allied with the electoral coalition

Ahora Repúblicas Republics Now (; ; ; ; ;Boletín Oficial del Estado
30 April 2019 ;

, which included ERC, EH Bildu and some other minor nationalist parties as well. The coalition obtained 3 seats, which will be held rotatively, with Ana Miranda set to hold a seat for the last 3.5 years of the Parliament. She replaced

Pernando Barrena Joxe Pernando Barrena Arza (; born 1 November 1965) is a Basque politician, former member of the Parliament of Navarre and member of the European Parliament for Spain. Early life Barrena was born on 1 November 1965 in Pamplona, Navarre. His fat ...

in September 2022.

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1971 births Living people MEPs for Spain 2009–2014 MEPs for Spain 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Spain People from Caldas (comarca) Galician Nationalist Bloc MEPs Europe of the Peoples–Greens MEPs {{Galicia-politician-stub MEPs for Spain 2019–2024 MEPs for Spain 2024–2029