Begoña Gómez

Begoña Gómez

Spanish Prime Minister's wife (born 1975)

María Begoña Gómez Fernández is the wife of Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain. Gómez was director of business outsourcing for the Inmark Group until her husband became Prime Minister of Spain in 2018. From 2018 to 2022, she was executive director of the Africa Center of the Institute of Enterprise. Since 2020, she has served as the Extraordinary Chair of Competitive Social Transformation of the Complutense University of Madrid. Since 2024, she has been the focus of an investigation in regard to her alleged illegal appropriation of industrial property, among other cases. On 19 June 2026 her passport was seized by the court investigating the allegations. She will not be able to travel outside Europe until such judicial measures are lifted.

Spanish PM's Wife Ordered to Face Corruption Trial

Spanish PM's Wife Ordered to Face Corruption Trial A Spanish judge ordered the prime minister's wife to stand trial for corruption and barred her from leaving the country.