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Biography
She was Carmen Nolla Forcada and José Barberá Armelles'  daughter, her mother was Catalan and ceramic business inheritor Fábrica de Mosaicos Nolla and he was journalist and Valencian politician in Francoist era. José Barberá was El Siglo Futuro's correspondant in Rome, he worked in the newspaper Levante-EMV, in 1940 the director of El Correo Gallego, and in 1953 managed the newspaper La Jornada funded by Movimiento Nacional in 1941. He was Asociación de la Prensa valenciana's president in the 30s and member of the Valencian City Council.

Childhood
Rita Barberá studied primary at the Institución Cultural Domus and she graduated in Political science from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia and in Information Sciencies in the Journalism section from the Complutense University of Madrid. She worked as journalist in Valencia Radio and as tribunals and urbanism editor in the Levante. . She was public official, because she get the job pasing a public examination in the special group of union economists.

In 1973 when she was 25, she was declared «Musa del Humor» in a literary competition called "Olimpiada del Humor" established by the local government.

Death
She died the November 23 of 2016 in the Villa Real hotel in Madrid caused by cirrhosis which resulted in a Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome She had a multitudinous farewell. The day after her death the king Felipe VI of Spain expressed is sympathy in the James I of Aragon awards ceremonyPremios Rey Jaime I and together with other Comunity and city liderships of Valencia emphasised her work as mayor.

Commemorations
The President of the Goverment Mariano Rajoy, he lauded Rita Barberá at the same time that he has acclaimed her "extraordinary" work at the head of the local government.

The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces has given to Barberá posthumously the Llave de Oro del Municipalismo,the honour was picked up by Rita's relatives, among others, her three sisters María José, Carmen y Asunción Barberá.