 During that period she served as Environment and Agriculture minister (1995-1997) and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1999-2003) in the Valencian regional administration She abandoned UV on 11 January 1999 and later joined the PP.In 2004 she moved to national politics when she was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia region for the PP.She did not stand in 2008 but remains a member of the Provincial committee of the PP in Valencia region.