María Antonia Avilés Perea
From 1979 to 1983, she was councilor of Zaragoza town hall for the Democratic Center Union (UCD). After the collapse of her party, she joined the Popular Party , where she was Secretary of Studies and Programs and Member of the Aragon Regional Committee . She was elected deputy in the European Parliament elections of 1999 . From 1999 to 2004, she was a member of the Commission for Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament, and of the Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council ,