to 1998, and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004; she died of a fulminant hepatitis while receiving therapy for cancer in Madrid 'Doce de Octubre' hospital, in 2006. References External links www.medbridge.org |- 1948 births Living people Women government ministers of Spain Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain) People's Party (Spain) politicians People from Madrid Spanish people of Basque descent Female foreign ministers Foreign ministers of Spain Complutense University of Madrid alumni 21st-century Spanish women politicians Spanish women diplomats 20th-century Spanish diplomats 21st-century Spanish diplomats