Soraya Rodríguez

María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (; born 1 December 1963) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos since 2019. She previously was a Deputy of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies. Between 1988 and 1990 she worked as a lawyer at the Center for the Reception of Women Victims of Ill-treatment in Valladolid. She was Secretary of Social Movements and Citizen Participation in the Regional Executive of the PSOE in Castile and Leon. Later, in 1991 she was professor of the University School of Labor Relations of Valladolid. In the municipality of Valladolid, she was replaced by Óscar Puente.

In the 2011 national elections Rodríguez topped the list of PSOE by the Province of Valladolid, accompanied by the provincial secretary Mario Bedera, obtaining 2 seats against the 3 of the PP. After the 38th Congress of the PSOE in which Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba was elected general secretary, she was appointed spokesman for the socialist group in the Congress of Deputies, a position she held until September 2014.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present Since the 2019 European elections, Rodríguez has been serving as a member of the Renew Europe for Ciudadanos on the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and the MEPs Against Cancer group.

Positions held Secretary of State for International Cooperation (2008-2011) Member of the Permanent Deputation (2012–2014)