Back مارغريتا روبليس Arabic مارجاريتا روبليس ARZ Margarita Robles AST Margarita Robles Fernández Catalan Margarita Robles German Margarita Robles Spanish Margarita Robles Estonian Margarita Robles Basque مارگاریتا روبلز Persian Margarita Robles Finnish
Margarita Robles | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2018 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation | |
Acting | |
| In office 30 November 2019 – 13 January 2020 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Josep Borrell |
| Succeeded by | Arancha González Laya |
| Leader of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 19 June 2017 – 7 June 2018 | |
| Deputy | Miguel Ángel Heredia |
| Preceded by | José Luis Ábalos |
| Succeeded by | Adriana Lastra |
| Magistrate of the Supreme Court | |
| In office 1 January 2005 – 4 July 2016 | |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 17 August 2023 – 1 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 21 May 2019 – 21 February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Ávila |
| In office 19 July 2016 – 15 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1956 León, Spain |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Judge, politician |
| Awards | Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond Penyafort |
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María Margarita Robles Fernández (pronounced [maɾɣaˈɾita ˈroβles]; born 10 November 1956 in León) is a Spanish judge and politician, currently serving as Minister of Defence since June 2018. From November 2019 to January 2020, she served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
She was the first woman ever to chair a contentious-administrative chamber, the first to ever preside a provincial court (Barcelona's) and the first woman to reach the Supreme Court of Spain. She has also held the positions of Secretary of State for Security during the González Governments.
From May 2004 until May 2016 she was a Justice at the Supreme Court, in the third Chamber. She was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 until December 2013 on the proposal of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She belongs to the progressive judge association Judges for Democracy.
In May 2016 she was elected to the Congress of Deputies for the PSOE representing Madrid.