Alejandro Francisco Ballestero de Diego (Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain

Spain

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, 4 October 1969) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party

People's Party (Spain)

The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

 (PP).

Single, Ballestero qualified as a lawyer. In 1993 he began to work for the regional administration of his home region of Castilla-La Mancha and in 1995 worked as a technical adviser to the PP group in the parliament of Castilla- La Mancha. He resigned after one year when he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Toledo Province

Toledo (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Toledo is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the five electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Castilla La Mancha...

. He was re-elected in 2000, 2004 and 2008.