Ana María Beltrán Villalba (born 16 January 1966)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of Navarre from 2011 to 2019, in which she led her party, and was then elected to the Congress of Deputies. She has been president of the People's Party of Navarre since 2017, and the PP's Vice Secretary of Organisation since 2019.

Early and personal life edit

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Beltrán graduated with a degree in Tourism and a master's degree in Senior Management from the University of Deusto, as well as a further master's degree in General Management from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra.[2] As of 2015, she was married and had four children.[1]

From the age of 22 and until becoming a full-time politician in 2012, Beltrán managed the family wine company, Bodegas Camilo Castilla S.A. The company built up debts of nearly €1 million to the Navarrese treasury both before and after her management, going into liquidation for two years before exiting proceedings in 2019.[3][4][5]

Political career edit

In March 2015, the People's Party of Navarre (PPN) put Beltrán forward as their lead candidate in the May regional election.[6] The party's seats halved to two.[7] Two years later, she succeeded Pablo Zalba as PPN president, with 81.94% of the votes at the party congress.[8]

PP national leader Pablo Casado named Beltrán in fifth place on the party list for the Madrid constituency for the April 2019 Spanish general election.[9] In July, she became the party's Vice Secretary of Organisation.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Arnedo, Beatriz (6 January 2015). "Ana Beltrán se perfila como la candidata del PP a las forales" [Ana Beltrán puts herself forward as the PP's candidate for the regional election]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ana Beltrán, vicesecretaria de Organización del PP, en COPE: "Veo atónita y con dolor el ataque a Casado"" [Ana Beltrán, PP Vice Secretary of Organisation, on COPE: "I am astonished and pained to see the attack on Casado"] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Ana Beltrán e Idoia Altadill, premios Empresaria y Directiva Navarra 2008" [Ana Beltrán and Idoia Atladill, 2008 Navarre Women Entrepreneurs and Managers Awards]. El Economista (in Spanish). 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ "La millonaria deuda familiar del apoyo navarro de Casado" [The million-euro family debt of Casado's Navarrese supporter] (in Spanish). El Plural. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ^ "La bodega Camilo Castilla supera el concurso de acreedores" [Camilo Castilla bodega exits liquidation proceedings] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ^ "El PPN propone a Ana Beltrán como cabeza de lista al Parlamento foral y Pablo Zalba al Ayuntamiento de Pamplona". El Economista (in Spanish). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  7. ^ "UPN revalida la mayoría en Navarra con 15 escaños" [UPN retains majority in Navarre with 15 seats]. El Correo (in Spanish). EFE. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Ana Beltrán, elegida presidenta del PP de Navarra con el 81,94% de los votos" [Ana Beltrán, elected president of the Navarre PP with 81.49% of the votes]. Expansión (in Spanish). Europa Press. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Casado ficha a la navarra Ana Beltrán como número 5 de la lista al Congreso del PP por Madrid" [Casado signs Navarrese Ana Beltrán as number 5 on the PP's list for Congress in Madrid] (in Spanish). Navarra.com. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  10. ^ Aduriz, Iñigo (30 July 2019). "Casado nombra a Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo portavoz del PP en el Congreso y a Javier Maroto, del Senado" [Casado names Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo PP spokesperson in Congress and Javier Maroto in the Senate]. ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2022.