Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego[1] is a Spanish doctor and politician. He was minister of health in Ceuta from 2019 to 2021. After leaving this office, he quit the People's Party and founded Avanza Ceuta.
Biography edit
Born in Ceuta, Guerrero was married and the father of three children as of June 2020. He graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Granada.[2]
In 2019, Guerrero was named Minister of Health in the government of Mayor-President of Ceuta Juan Jesús Vivas of the People's Party (PP).[3] He resigned in January 2021 after a controversy over him receiving the COVID-19 vaccine before it was publicly available.[4] He said that he had been recommended to take the vaccine by others in his team, due to his frequent visits to hospitals and his heart condition, hypertension and diabetes.[5] He was also scrutinised during his ministry for continuing to practice medicine privately, and for a purchase of face masks at a far above average price.[3]
Guerrero initiated a bid for the presidency of the People's Party of Ceuta but soon withdrew,[3] instead announcing in May 2022 that he would form a new party for the Assembly of Ceuta elections in twelve months' time.[6] In June, Avanza Ceuta was launched; local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta placed it on the centre right.[7]
In January 2023, Guerrero was arrested and held on remand for alleged sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant children in Ceuta.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ "Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego" (in Spanish). Ceuta. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Francisco Javier Guerrero Gallego". La Verdad de Ceuta (in Spanish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Sakona, Javier (11 January 2023). ""Un señor muy popular en Ceuta": radiografía del político detenido por abuso de menores y tramposo con las vacunas" ["A very popular chap in Ceuta": x-ray of the politician arrested for child abuse and who was a vaccine cheat]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ García de Blas, Elsa (26 January 2021). "Dimite el consejero de Sanidad de Ceuta por vacunarse de coronavirus fuera del protocolo" [Ceuta health minister resigns after vaccinating himself outside of protocol]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Javier Guerrero, consejero de Sanidad de Ceuta, responde a la polémica emocionado: "No quería vacunarme"" [Javier Guerrero, Ceuta health minister, responds emotionally to the controversy: "I didn't want to get vaccinated"] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Testa, Gonzalo (5 May 2022). "Guerrero y otros 24 exmilitantes del PP formarán un nuevo partido" [Guerrero and 34 other ex-PP members will form a new party]. El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Javier Guerrero trae "aire fresco" con su nuevo partido político, Ceuta Avanza" [Javier Guerrero brings "fresh air" with his new political party, Ceuta Avanza]. El Pueblo de Ceuta (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Prisión para Javier Guerrero, exconsejero de Sanidad de Ceuta, por abusos a menores" [Javier Guerrero, former Ceuta health minister, in prison for child abuse]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Prisión provisional para un exconsejero de Ceuta por un supuesto delito de abusos sexuales a menores marroquíes" [Pre-trial detention for a former Ceuta minister for alleged crime of sexual abuse of Moroccan minors]. El País (in Spanish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.