Andrea Fernández Benéitez

Excellency Sir/Madam
Andrea Fernández
Excellency Sir/Madam Andrea Fernández
Member of the Congress of Deputies
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2018
Secretary of Equality of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Personal details
Born	Andrea Fernández Benéitez; 20 October 1992 (age 32); Valencia de Don Juan, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater	University of León (LL.B., LL.M.); National University of Distance Education (BA)
Profession	lawyer, politician

Andrea Fernández Benéitez (born 20 October 1992) is a Spanish lawyer and politician, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She is a member of the Congress of Deputies and the Secretary of Equality of the PSOE.

Early life

She studied the Bachelor's degree in Law at the University of León. Later she studied the master's degree in legal practice also at the University of León. After passing the Spanish Bar Examination, she obtained the title of lawyer (license) and joined the Bar Association of León (ICAL) in 2017.^[1]

She worked as a corporate lawyer at Grupo Empresarial AST, in León.

Political career

In 2014, she joined the socialist group of Valencia de Don Juan and was part of the candidacy for the municipal elections of 2015. Since 2017, she has been Secretary of Equality of the Provincial Executive of the PSOE of León.

In 2019, she was ranked number two in the PSOE list for the province of León to the Congress of Deputies and after the general elections of 28 April she obtained a seat as a member of the Congress of Deputies. In the general elections of November 2019, she again occupied the second place in the electoral lists of the PSOE for the province of León, revalidating her deputy certificate.^[2]

On 17 October 2021, she joined the Federal Executive Commission of the PSOE as Secretary of Equality.^[3]^[4]

Positions held

Secretary of Equality of the Provincial Executive of the PSOE of León
Member of the Congress of Deputies (2019-)
Secretary of Equality of the PSOE (2021-)

References

^ "CELEBRACION DE LA FIESTA COLEGIAL – Vida colegial – Locus Appellationis – Blog informativo del Ilustre Colegio Provincial de Abogados de León – Ilustre Colegio Provincial de Abogados de León". www.ical.es. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "La leonesa Andrea Fernández entra a formar parte del Comité Coordinador del 40 Congreso Federal del PSOE". Leonoticias (in Spanish). 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Andrea Fernández: la protegida de ZP y heredera de Carmen Calvo como líder feminista del PSOE". El Español (in Spanish). 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Quién es quién en la Ejecutiva de Pedro Sánchez para la nueva etapa del PSOE". Europa Press. 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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[1] "CELEBRACION DE LA FIESTA COLEGIAL – Vida colegial – Locus Appellationis – Blog informativo del Ilustre Colegio Provincial de Abogados de León – Ilustre Colegio Provincial de Abogados de León". www.ical.es. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[2] "La leonesa Andrea Fernández entra a formar parte del Comité Coordinador del 40 Congreso Federal del PSOE". Leonoticias (in Spanish). 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[3] "Andrea Fernández: la protegida de ZP y heredera de Carmen Calvo como líder feminista del PSOE". El Español (in Spanish). 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[4] "Quién es quién en la Ejecutiva de Pedro Sánchez para la nueva etapa del PSOE". Europa Press. 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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