13 Facts About Manuela Carmena

Manuela Carmena was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary.

Manuela Carmena was born on 9 February 1944 in Madrid, in the area near the Dehesa de la Villa.

Manuela Carmena attended the French School of the Black Ladies.

Manuela Carmena, who joined the Communist Party of Spain in 1965, married architect Eduardo Leira in 1967; they have had two children: Eva and Manuel.

Manuela Carmena ran as a candidate in the PCE list for the 1977 general election in the constituency of Madrid.

Manuela Carmena was a founding member of the progressive association Judges for Democracy.

Manuela Carmena was appointed as member of the General Council of the Judiciary and served from 1996 to 2001.

Manuela Carmena was Chair-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and as such, she has visited Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Nicaragua and South Africa, among other countries.

In September 2011, Manuela Carmena was appointed advisor to the Patxi Lopez cabinet of the Basque Government in the area of assistance to victims of police abuse.

Manuela Carmena Castrillo founded the supportive cooperative "Yayos emprendedores", which manages a small retail business selling children's games, clothing and shoes made by prisoners at the Alcala de Guadaira jail in Seville.

Manuela Carmena headed Ahora Madrid's ticket in the Madrid local election held on 24 May 2015.

Manuela Carmena ran for re-election in the 2019 municipal election, but stated that she would retire from the City Council should she not be re-elected as Mayor.

On 17 June 2019, Manuela Carmena resigned from her councillor seat.