María del Carmen Leyte Coello (born 3 December 1953) is a Spanish doctor and politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a member of the Senate of Spain since the 2008 general election, representing the Province of Ourense.Leyte Coello, María del Carmen
Political career Leyte was born in Vigo and was the mayor of Cartelle between 1991 and 2017.Carmen Leyte cede la alcaldía de Cartelle en una persona "trabajadora y servicial"
In addition to her role in parliament, Leyte has been serving as a member of the Spanish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. In the Assembly, she is a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 2020), Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 2020), Sub-Committee on Children (since 2020), the Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (since 2019) and Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (2018–2019).Carmen Leyte Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In this capacity, she authored reports on vaccine-preventable diseases (2022)Promoting quality vaccination services accessible to all people and tackling anti-vaccination attitudes Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release 24 June 2022. and Long COVID (2025).PACE recommends a human rights-based approach in the fight against ‘long Covid’ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release 31 January 2025.
Personal life On 12 March 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, Leyte tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
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