Valentina Martínez Ferro


María Valentina Martínez Ferro is a Spanish politician, a member of the People's Party. She has been a member of the 10th, 12th and 13th terms of the Congress of Deputies.

Biography

Born on 21 June 1976 in Santiago de Compostela. She earned a licentiate degree in Political and Administration Sciences; she later obtained a master's degree in european studies at the Université catholique de Louvain. Specialised in international relations, she was part of the Secretariat of International Relations of the People's Party between 2002 and 2012.
She was included in the 28th slot of the PP list in Madrid for the 2011 general election. She was not elected then and was appointed Chief of Staff of Jorge Moragas. She obtained a parliamentary seat in the Congress of Deputies in October 2014, covering the vacant left by Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. During the 10th term of the Lower House, she served as Spokesperson in the Committee of International Development Cooperation and as member of the committees of Foreign Affairs and Budget.
She ran 17th in the PP list in Madrid for the 2016 general election, but she was not elected this time either. In June 2018, she again obtained her seat covering a vacant post, this time the vacant seat left by Mariano Rajoy.
She ran as candidate to a deputy seat 3rd the PP list for A Coruña vis-à-vis the April 2019 general election. Elected MP, she became a member of the committees on Foreign Affairs, Ecological Transition, International Development Cooperation and the Joint Congress-Senate Committee for the European Union. She replaced as PP's Secretary on International Relations in July 2019.