María Muñiz de Urquiza (born 5 August 1962, in Gijón) is a Spanish member of the European Parliament.
[1] Muñiz de Urquiza is a graduate and doctorate (PhD) in political science and sociology.
She also holds a postgraduate in European Community studies from the Diplomatic School, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She has been a lecturer in international public law at the Charles III University of Madrid from 1989 to 1994.
In 1999, she was appointed Communications Secretary for PSOE-Europe, a post she held for a year.