, 31 October 1947) is a Spanish politician, actress, writer and former Minister of Culture.

Alborch studied Law, gaining a doctorate, and specialising in mercantile law. She directed the Valencia Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) between 1988 and 1993. She became politically active with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

 (PSOE) in 1992 and served as Minister of Culture from 1993 to 1996 in the last government of Felipe González

Felipe González

Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996.-Early life:Felipe was...

. Among other awards and acknowledgements, she received the Gran Cruz de Carlos III and the Progressive women's award.

In 1996 she was elected to the Congress of Deputies, representing Valencia

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...

. She chaired the Committee of Control of RTVE

RTVE

The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...

 (the state radio and TV corporation) from 1996 until January 2000, and the Commission on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities from May 2004 to January 2008 in the Congress. As an author she has written a number of books including Solas (Women Alone) and Malas (Bad Women).

In May 2007 she stood as the PSOE candidate for Mayor of Valencia but lost to the incumbent People's Party

People's Party (Spain)

The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

 Mayor Rita Barberá. She retired from the lower chamber at the 2008 general election and was re-elected for the Spanish Senate also representing Valencia province.