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Spanish politician (1957–2024) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ayala and the second or maternal family name is Sender.

Inés Ayala
Ayala Sender in March 2014
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2019
Personal details
BornInés Ayala Sender
(1957-03-28)28 March 1957
Zaragoza, Spain
Died25 July 2024(2024-07-25) (aged 67)
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party

Inés Ayala Sender (28 March 1957 – 25 July 2024) was a Spanish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019 for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, which is affiliated to the Party of European Socialists. She was first elected to the European Parliament in 2004, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2014.

She was also member of the City Council of Zaragoza between 2019 and 2023. From January 2021 Mrs Ayala Sender held the position as the European Coordinator for the TEN-T Rhine–Danube corridor.

Early career

Ayala Sender served as national expert in the Directorate-General for the Environment of the European Commission from 1995 to 1997. Between 1997 and 2004, she worked as policy adviser to the PES Group for various committees and delegations of the European Parliament, including the Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Member of the European Parliament (2004–2019)

Ayala Sender first became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2004 European elections. Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Budgetary Control and on the Committee on Transport and Tourism. On the Committee on Budgetary Control, she was the coordinator of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. In 2007, she joined the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. Between 2005 and 2009, she was a member of the Committee on Petitions.

On the Committee on Budgetary Control, Ayala Sender served as her parliamentary group's coordinator from 2014 until 2019. She was also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.

In addition to her committee assignments, Ayala Sender was also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).

Other activities

Death

Ayala died on 25 July 2024, at the age of 67.

References

  1. Muere Inés Ayala Sender, exdiputada socialista aragonesa
  2. El Periodico de Aragon 19 January 2009 accessed 16 March 2009 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Muere a los 67 años la exeurodiputada aragonesa Inés Ayala (in Spanish)
  4. "Mobility and transport - European Commission".
  5. Political groups select committee co-ordinators European Voice, 8 July 2014.
  6. Members of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  7. Maïa de La Baume (4 July 2017), Push to crack down on rogue European Parliament missions Politico Europe.
  8. Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.
  9. "List of Globe EU Members". Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. Muere Inés Ayala Sender, exdiputada socialista aragonesa (in Spanish)
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