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Birth Name: María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón
Place of Birth: Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Date of Birth: 10 June, 1971
Ethnicity: Spanish Castilian
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría is a Spanish politician. She served as Spokesperson of the Government of Spain, from 21 December, 2011 to 3 November, 2016, and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, and Minister of the Presidency of Spain, both, from 21 December, 2011 to 7 June, 2018; as well as, a Member of the Congress of Deputies from Madrid, from 13 May, 2004 to 10 September, 2018.
Her father, Pedro Sáenz de Santamaria Alonso, was a native of Valladolid. Her mother, Petra Antón Moreno, is a native of Berlanga de Duero, Soria. Soraya is married to José Iván Rosa Vallejo, with whom she has a son.
Source: Biography of Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría – La vicepresidenta: Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría: la mujer más poderosa de España (2017), by Gabriela Bustelo and Alejandra Ruiz-Hermosilla