Pilar Alegría

The Most Excellent Pilar Alegría
Pilar Alegría in 2023
Minister of Education and Vocational Training
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 July 2021
Monarch	Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Isabel Celaá
Spokesperson of the Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2023
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Isabel Rodríguez García
Delegate of the Government of Spain in Aragon
In office 12 February 2020 – 11 July 2021
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Carmen Sánchez Pérez
Succeeded by	Rosa Serrano Sierra
Councillor of Innovation, High Research and Universities of Aragón
In office 5 July 2015 – 7 August 2019
President	Javier Lambán
Preceded by	Dolores Serrat
Succeeded by	Maru Díaz
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 17 August 2023 – 1 December 2023
Constituency	Zaragoza
In office 1 Abril 2008 – 18 June 2015
Constituency	Zaragoza
Member of the Cortes of Aragon
In office 18 June 2015 – 20 June 2019
Constituency	Zaragoza
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-01) 1 November 1977 La Zaida, Zaragoza, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

María del Pilar Alegría Continente (pronounced [piˈlaɾ aleˈɣɾi.a]; born 1 November 1977) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician from Zaragoza who has been minister of Education and Vocational Training since 12 July 2021.

Alegría gained a master's degree in primary education and worked with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in the Government of Aragon. In 2008 she entered national politics when she was elected to the Spanish national parliament as a deputy for Zaragoza province as the second placed candidate on the PSOE list.