Rosa Conde Gutiérrez del Álamo (born 7 September 1947) is a Spanish sociologist and politician. She served as Spokesperson of the Government from 1988 and 1993 and as

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from 1989 to 2004 representing

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Biography

Conde was born in

Ronda Ronda () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliffside location and a deep canyon that ca ...

, Spain. She took her degree and later taught at

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. She became the Spokesperson of the Spanish Government from 11 July 1988 until July 13, 1993, under the premiership of

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. She took over from

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and operated at a ministerial level. After 1993, she continued serving the Premier as Secretary-General within the

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. After that she became the Director of the Carolina Foundation which is the body responsible for improving relations with Spanish speaking South America. She served from 2004 until 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conde, Rosa 1947 births Living people People from Ronda Spanish women sociologists Complutense University of Madrid alumni Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid