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Former minister Fátima Báñez dies, who was traveling on one of the trains that crashed in Urda

The Minister of Labour between 2011 and 2018 was linked in recent years to the CEOE.

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Fátima Báñez, a victim of the Toledo train accident, has been confirmed dead by Borja Sémper, spokesperson for the PP. Sémper paid tribute to Báñez on social media, later deleting the post. Miguel Garrido, vice president of CEOE and president of the Madrid employers' association, also confirmed her death on social media. Fátima Báñez is from San Juan del Puerto, Huelva, and was born in 1967.

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