Soledad Cabezón Ruiz

Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (born 1 September 1973) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019.

She was born in a working-class family in Albaida del Aljarafe. Her grandfather had served in the Republican faction and was later subject to forced labour as retaliation.

Political career A cardiologist by profession, Cabezón worked for several years at the Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. She served as mayor of Albaida del Aljarafe 2003–2011 and was elected to the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of Cortes Generales in 2008, In March 2017, she participated in the first ever gathering of the Party of European Socialists’ health ministers, chaired by Jevgeni Ossinovski.

Other activities IDEAS Foundation for progress, Member of the Board