Doris Benegas

Doris Benegas
Doris Benegas during a rally in Barcelona, 2009
Born	Doris Benegas Haddad 1951 Caracas, Venezuela
Died	29 July 2016(2016-07-29) (aged 64–65) Valladolid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, politician
Known for	Leader of the Izquierda Castellana party
Political party	Castilian Left
Children	1
Parent(s)	José Benegas-Echeverría Doris Haddad
Relatives	José María Benegas (brother)

Doris Benegas Haddad (1951 – 29 July 2016) was a Spanish political lawyer specialising in criminal law, particularly causes related to women and left-wing politics. She was also a political leader, leading a regional branch of the communist movement in the 1970s as well as the pro-independence nationalist leftist coalition, the Castilian Left, from 2002 to her death in 2016.^[1]