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1250:"'Most powerful woman since democracy' put in charge of Catalonia in defiance of independence"
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of the Spanish Constitution on the Catalan government, dismissing regional premier
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El Gobierno nombra consejera de Estado a Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
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From 2004 to 2008 Sáenz de Santamaría, served as secretary in the
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Sáenz de Santamaría in November 2011 during a campaign event at
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for the People's Group in the Congress of Deputies, replacing
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No problem has been too large or lethal for Rajoy’s deputy
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Sáenz de Santamaría delivering a press conference at
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766:"Volver a Valladolid es volver a la vida de verdad"
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1473:21st-century Spanish women politicians
768:(in Spanish). El Mundo. 25 April 2011.
553:First Vice-president of the Government
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345:María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón
146:3 November 2016 – 7 June 2018
1015:"Resultados definitivos primarias PP"
616:Right hand of Rajoy at the Government
508:Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award
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988:Mansfield, Katie (28 October 2017).
659:from December 2011 to June 2018, as
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1518:Women government ministers of Spain
1396:Cué, Carlos E. (20 December 2013).
1224:"5 of Europe's most powerful women"
600:In the 9th term, she was chosen by
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1503:Members of the State Lawyers Corps
1436:People's Party Parliamentary Group
1043:Junquera, Natalia (21 July 2018).
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