Carmen Alborch Bataller (Castelló de Rugat, 1947) has been full university professor of Mercantile Law in the Universitat de València and was the first Dean of the Faculty of Law. She was Ministry of Culture during the last government of Felipe González. She is author of legal books and others about the role of women.

She studied Law at the Universitat de València. She finished her studies in 1970 and the doctorate in 1973. She was General Director of Culture of the Valencian Government and Director of the IVAM. In 1993, Felipe González appointed her Ministry of Culture. Then, in the general election of 1996, she was elected member of the Parliament from Valencia. She was also elected for this position in the elections of 2000 and 2004. In the 2007 municipal elections, she was the candidate of PSV-PSOE for the mayor’s office of Valencia. In the Spanish general election of 2007, she was elected senator from Valencia’s province.