Ludivina García Arias
Life and career
Life and career
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Ludivina García Arias was born in December 1945 to Asturian parents in [Morelia](/wiki/Morelia "Morelia") in the Mexican state of [Michoacán](/wiki/Michoac%C3%A1n "Michoacán"). She studied history at the [National Autonomous University of Mexico](/wiki/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico "National Autonomous University of Mexico") and moved to Spain towards the end of the [Francoist dictatorship](/wiki/Francoist_dictatorship "Francoist dictatorship"). She worked as a secondary school teacher.

García Arias joined the PSOE in 1972, and was elected to the [Congress of Deputies](/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies "Congress of Deputies") for Asturias in the [1979 general election](/wiki/1979_Spanish_general_election "1979 Spanish general election"). She remained in this office until 1986\. In 1987, she was elected to represent Spain at the [European Parliament](/wiki/European_Parliament "European Parliament"). She had this role until the [1999 European Parliament election](/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election "1999 European Parliament election"). In 2000, she was again [elected](/wiki/2000_Spanish_general_election "2000 Spanish general election") to the Congress of Deputies. Her political career ended in 2004\.


Until which election did Ludivina García Arias serve in the European Parliament?