Carme Chacón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carme Chacón

Spanish Defense Minister

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1971

Place of Birth: Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2017

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Carme Maria Chacón Piqueras (Catalan pronunciation: ['ka?m? t??'kom pi'ke??s]; March 13, 1971 – April 9, 2017) was a Spanish lawyer, lecturer and politician who was Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Member of Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) since 1994, she was elected member of the Parliament of Catalonia and Vice President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the lower house in the Spanish Parliament.
In 2007, she entered the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero as Minister of Housing.
A year later, she became the first woman to take charge of the Spanish Ministry of Defense.