Leire Pajín

Leire Pajín
Pajín in 2017
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Assumed office
2024
Minister of Health and Social Policy and Equality
In office
2010–2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byTrinidad Jiménez
Succeeded byAna Mato
Personal details
Born (1976-09-16) 16 September 1976
San Sebastián, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
EducationUniversity of Alicante

Leire Pajín Iraola (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlejɾe paˈxin]; San Sebastián, September 16, 1976) is a Spanish sociologist and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024.

From 2010 to 2011, Pajín held the position of Minister of Health, Social Policy and Equality in the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She served as Deputy Secretary General of the PSPV between April and July 2012.