Carme Chacón

Carme Chacón
Carme Chacón
Minister of Defence
	In office; 14 April 2008 – 22 December 2011
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	José Antonio Alonso
Succeeded by	Pedro Morenés
Minister of Housing
	In office; 9 July 2007 – 11 April 2008
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	María Antonia Trujillo
Succeeded by	Beatriz Corredor
Personal details
Born	Carme Chacón Piqueras; 13 March 1971; Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Died	9 April 2017 (aged 46); Madrid, Spain
Political party	PSOE (PSC)
Spouse(s)	Miguel Barroso (2007-2016)
Children	Miquel
Alma mater	University of Barcelona
Occupation	Lawyer; Professor

Carme María Chacón Piqueras (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkarmə tʃəˈkom piˈkeɾəs]; 13 March 1971 – 9 April 2017) was a Spanish Socialist politician.

Chacón was Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.^[1] She also served as Minister of Housing from 2007 through 2008.

With the landslide defeat of Zapatero in the November 2011 selections, Chacón resigned the Defense Minister's post to Pedro Morenés in December 2011.

She filed to be Spanish Socialist Workers' Party General Secretary. On 4 February 2012 she lost to Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 487 to 465 votes ^[2] in the 38th congress of the party.

Chacón died on April 9, 2017 in Madrid from a rare form of heart disease, aged 46.