Key facts
- Commission
- Von der Leyen II
- Preceded by
- Maroš Šefčovič
- Prime minister
- Pedro Sánchez
- Succeeded by
- Sara Aagesen
- Constituency
- Madrid
- Born
- Teresa Ribera Rodríguez , ( 1969-05-19 ) 19 May 1969 (age 57) , Madrid , Spain
- Party
- Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (2011–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Independent (until 2011)
- Spouse
- Mariano Bacigalupo
- Alma mater
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Occupation
- Jurist • Lawyer • Professor • Politician
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Teresa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Occupation
- civil servant
- Political party
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
- Image
- Teresa Ribera 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Madrid
- Residence
- Brussels
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- date of birth
- 1969-05-19
- name in native language
- Teresa Ribera
- birth name
- Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
- Commons category
- Teresa Ribera
- social media followers
- 59091
- affiliation string
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain
- candidacy in election
- 2024 European Parliament election in Spain
- second family name in Spanish name
- Rodríguez
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- Teresa Ribera
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Encyclopedic overview
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (born 19 May 1969) is a Spanish jurist, civil servant, academic, and politician. Since 2024, she has served as the First Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition in the second von der Leyen Commission, while simultaneously holding the position of European Commissioner for Competitiveness.
Ribera previously held the position of Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain from 2018, following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's rise to power after a successful no-confidence vote against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020, she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister, and in 2021, she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.
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