María del Carmen Leyte Coello (born 3 December 1953) is a Spanish doctor and politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a member of the Senate of Spain since the 2008 general election, representing the Province of Ourense.[1]

Political career

Leyte was born in Vigo and was the mayor of Cartelle between 1991 and 2017.[2]

In addition to her role in parliament, Leyte has been serving as a member of the Spanish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. In the Assembly, she is a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 2020), Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 2020), Sub-Committee on Children (since 2020), the Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (since 2019) and Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (2018–2019).[3] In this capacity, she authored a 2022 report on vaccine-preventable diseases.[4]

Personal life

On 12 March 2020 during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Leyte tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Leyte Coello, María del Carmen (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Carmen Leyte cede la alcaldía de Cartelle en una persona "trabajadora y servicial" (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Carmen Leyte Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  4. ↑ Promoting quality vaccination services accessible to all people and tackling anti-vaccination attitudes Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release 24 June 2022.
  5. ↑ 20minutos (2020-03-12). "La senadora del PP por Ourense Carmen Leyte da positivo por Covid-19". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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