The daughter of Clemente Cerdeira Garcia de la Torre,[2] she was born in Ceuta.[1] She earned a law degree and worked as a lawyer before entering politics. She was elected to the Senate of Spain in 1986. In 1993, she was named executive advisor to the Spanish Ministry of Justice and, from 1994 to 1996, was a delegate of the Spanish government in the city of Ceuta.[3]
She had been president of the Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior [es] since 2004.[3]
In 2003, she was awarded the Premio María de Eza.[4]
Cerdeira died in a Ceuta hospital at the age of 48 after a seven-year battle with cancer.[3]
An annual award, the Premio Carmen Cerdeira, was established in her honour.[5]
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^ ab"Carmen Cerdeira Morterero". European Parliament MEPs.
^"Fallece Clemente Cerdeira García de la Torre a los 96 años". El Faro Ceuta. March 9, 2018.
^ abc"Muere Carmen Cerdeira, el mayor personaje político que dio Ceuta". Diario Sur (in Spanish). August 3, 2007.
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