Beatriz Carrillo

Beatriz Carrillo
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2019
Constituency	Seville
Personal details
Born	(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 (age 49) Palma del Río, Spain
Occupation	Social activist, social worker, politician

Beatriz Micaela Carrillo de los Reyes (born 2 June 1975) is a Spanish politician and social activist. She is as member of the 13th Congress of Deputies integrated within the Socialist Parliamentary Group, representing Seville.

Biography

Born on 2 June 1975 in Palma del Río, in the province of Córdoba,[1] she is of Romani ethnicity[2]. A self-described Socialist "since (she was in) the bassinet", her father had been a clandestine Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) member during the Francoist Spain era, who fought against truancy among the Gipsy kids.[3][4] She undertook studies in Business Administration, earned a diplomature in Social Work and a Licentiate degree in Anthropology; she paid her studies with work in the street vending and in the orange industry in her native town.[5]

A social activist known by her work as President of Fakali, the Federation of Gypsy Women Associations,[6] she ran 3rd in PSOE list for Seville for the Congress of Deputies vis-à-vis the 2019 general election.[7] She was elected member of the 13th term of the Lower House.[1]

References

1. "XIII Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) Carrillo de los Reyes, Beatriz Micaela". Congress of Deputies.
2. "Así es Beatriz Carrillo, la gitana que lidera las políticas sociales del PSOE: "La democracia tiene una deuda con nuestro pueblo"" (in Spanish).
3. Ingelmo, Pedro (21 April 2019). "Beatriz Carrillo, una voz para la mayor minoría". Diario de Sevilla.
4. Somolinos, Daniel (18 May 2019). "Diputados gitanos: cuatro nuevos rostros en el Congreso para acabar con el antigitanismo". El Mundo.^[permanent dead link‍]
5. Morillo, Isabel (17 April 2019). "Beatriz Carrillo, la gitana antitópicos que dijo sí a 'la prima Carmen' (Calvo)". El Confidencial.
6. "Carrillo: 'La mujer gitana no está en el debate feminista'". Canal Sur. 7 March 2019.
7. Montero, Sara (28 March 2019). "Los candidatos gitanos que llevarán (por fin) la voz del pueblo romaní a las instituciones". Cuarto Poder.