Inés Ayala Sender (born 28 March 1957 in

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tribut ...

) is a Spanish politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Commu ...

(MEP) from 2004 until 2019 for the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in go ...

, which is affiliated to the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a Social democracy, social democratic and Progressivism, progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus ...

. She was first elected to the

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, and was re-elected in

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and

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Early career

Ayala Sender served as national expert in the

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of the

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from 1995 to 1997. Between 1997 and 2004, she worked as policy adviser to the PES Group for various committees and delegations of the European Parliament, including the

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Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2019

Ayala Sender first became a

in the 2004 European elections. Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the

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and on the

. On the Committee on Budgetary Control, she was the coordinator of the

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist ...

. In 2007, she joined the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. Between 2005 and 2009, she was a member of the

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. On the Committee on Budgetary Control, Ayala Sender served as her parliamentary group's coordinator from 2014 until 2019. She was also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions. In addition to her committee assignments, Ayala Sender was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).

Other activities

* European Transport Safety Council, Observer * Globe EU, Member * Rail Forum Europe, Member * Smart Move High Level Group (HLG), Member

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayala, Ines 1957 births Living people Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 MEPs for Spain 2009–2014 MEPs for Spain 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Spain People from Zaragoza Spanish people of Basque descent