Rocío de Meer | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
Constituency | Almeria |
Personal details | |
Born | Rocío de Meer Méndez 26 December 1989 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain |
Political party | Vox |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Rocío de Meer Méndez (born 26 December 1989) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2019 for Vox.
Méndez was born to a military family in Madrid. One of her grandparents was Colonel and politician Carlos de Meer de Ribera, the last civil governor of the Balearic Islands.[1] She studied law at the Complutense University of Madrid where she became president of the university's debate society. During this time, she met and became friends with future Vox leader Santiago Abascal.[2]
In the April 2019 elections she was elected as a deputy to the Congress of Deputies representing the Almeria constituency. She was re-elected in the subsequent election in November.
References
[edit]- ^ Riera Palma, Llorenç (30 April 2004). "Muere Carlos de Meer, el hombre que quiso anclar el franquismo". Diario de Mallorca. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "De Meer, la guerrera de Vox que cuelga vídeos neonazis y es agredida por los nacionalistas". El Español. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.