{{short description|Spanish oenologist and politician}} {{family name hatnote|Andreu|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Concha Andreu | image = CoR_Members_portraits_-_Concha_Andreu_(cropped).jpg | caption = | office = [[President of La Rioja]] | term_start = 29 August 2019 | term_end = 29 June 2023 | predecessor = [[José Ignacio Ceniceros]] | successor = [[Gonzalo Capellán]] | office1 = Secretary-General of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers' Party of La Rioja]] | term_start1 = 31 October 2021 | term_end1 = 15 February 2025 | predecessor1 = [[Francisco Ocón]] | successor1 = [[Javier García Ibáñez]] | office2 = Member of the [[Parliament of La Rioja]] | term_start2 = 16 June 2011 | term_end2 = 20 June 2024 | birth_name = Concepción Andreu Rodríguez | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Calahorra]], [[La Rioja]], Spain | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] | other_party = | partner = | spouse = | children = | profession = [[Oenology|Oenologist]] | alma_mater = [[University of Salamanca]]<br>[[University of Zaragoza]] | office3 = [[Senate of Spain|Member of the Senate]] | term_start3 = 17 August 2023 | constituency3 = [[La Rioja (Senate constituency)|La Rioja]] }} '''Concepción "Concha" Andreu Rodríguez''' (born 10 March 1967) is a Spanish [[Oenology|oenologist]] and politician who served as the [[President of La Rioja]] from 2019 to 2023. From 2011 to 2024 she was a member of the [[Parliament of La Rioja]].
==Biography== Andreu was born in 1967 in [[Calahorra]]. She studied biological sciences at the [[University of Salamanca]] and obtained a master's degree in viticulture and oenology from the [[University of Zaragoza]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rioja2.com/n-134908-2-asi-es-concha-andreu-la-nueva-presidenta-del-gobierno-de-la-rioja/|title=Así es Concha Andreu, la nueva presidenta del Gobierno de La Rioja|date=2019-08-28|work=Rioja2|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}</ref>
She obtained a seat at the [[Parliament of La Rioja]] in 2011. In the [[2015 Riojan regional election]], Andreu was the candidate of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) for [[President of La Rioja]], and PSOE obtained 10 seats out of 33, while the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP) obtained 15. Andreu was subsequently the parliament spokesperson for PSOE.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.parlamento-larioja.org/conoce-el-parlamento/legislaturas-anteriores/legislatura-9/diputados/concepcion-andreu-rodriguez|title=Concepción Andreu Rodríguez|work=[[Parliament of La Rioja]]|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}</ref>
In the [[2019 Riojan regional election]], Andreu repeated as PSOE's candidate for President of La Rioja. PSOE obtained 15 seats out of 33, becoming the largest party in the Parliament of La Rioja for the first time since the [[1991 Riojan regional election|1991 election]]. On 27 August, Andreu was invested president after reaching an agreement with [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]] and [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Pedro Gorospe|url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/08/27/actualidad/1566893359_591936.html|title=El PSOE ensancha su poder regional al lograr la presidencia de La Rioja con los votos de Podemos e IU|date=2019-08-27|newspaper=[[El País]]|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}</ref> Andreu is the first woman to hold the office of President of La Rioja.<ref>{{Cite news|author=[[EFE]]|url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Concha-Andreu-Rioja-Podemos-IU_0_935806696.html|title=La socialista Concha Andreu, presidenta de La Rioja con apoyo de Podemos e IU|date=2019-08-27|newspaper=[[eldiario.es]]|access-date=2019-08-29|language=es}}</ref>
In the [[2023 Spanish general election]] she was elected to the [[15th Senate of Spain]] from [[La Rioja (Senate constituency)|La Rioja]].
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