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Rocío de Meer Méndez (born 26 December 1989) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been a member of the
Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, Senate. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has ...
since 2019 for Vox. Méndez was born to a military family in Madrid. One of her grandparents was Colonel and politician Carlos de Meer de Ribera, the last
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civil governor of the
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. She studied law at the
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where she became president of the university's debate society. During this time, she met and became friends with future Vox leader
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. In the April 2019 elections she was elected as a deputy to the Congress of Deputies representing the Almeria constituency. She was re-elected in the subsequent election in November.


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1989 births Living people Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Vox (political party) politicians Spanish women in politics Lawyers from Madrid 21st-century Spanish lawyers Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Complutense University of Madrid alumni 21st-century Spanish women lawyers {{Andalusia-politician-stub