María Cristina Almeida Castro (born 24 July 1944 in

Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...

) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. Cristina Almeida studied law in the

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and has been an active labour and feminist lawyer. Cristina has formed part of several political parties: the

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(PCE), United Left (IU),

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and the

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(PSOE). Cristina has also written ''La mujer y el mundo del trabajo'' (1982) and as a councillor for the PCE in Madrid, became involved in the controversy surrounding the publication of "El libro rojo del cole.""Sigue la polémica sobre "El libro rojo del cole""
''El Pais'', 8 February 1980 After her term on Madrid's City Council, she was elected to the

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in 1989 representing the

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and served until 1993. She later on returned to Congress in 1996 for the same district, however, following disputes with the IU leader, Julio Anguita, she left IU in 1997 and resigned her seat in Congress in 1999. That same year, after joining the PSOE, Cristina was elected to the Madrid Assembly and was chosen to serve in the

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from 1999 to 2003.

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Biography at Spanish Congress site
1944 births Living people People from Badajoz 20th-century Spanish lawyers Politicians from Extremadura Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the Senate of Spain Communist Party of Spain politicians United Left (Spain) politicians Members of the 5th Assembly of Madrid Madrid city councillors (1979–1983) Members of the Socialist–Progressive Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) 20th-century Spanish women Complutense University of Madrid alumni 20th-century Spanish women lawyers {{Madrid-politician-stub