María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño, known as Mae de la Concha (born 25 July 1954), is a Spanish bookseller and politician. She was regional minister of agriculture, fisheries and food of the government of the Balearic Islands. She was a member of Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. From October 2017 to December 2021 she also served as secretary-general of the Balearic branch of Podemos.[1][2] She was acting President of the Balearic Islands from 19 June to 7 July 2023.[3]
Mae de la Concha | |
|---|---|
 de la Concha in 2021 | |
| President of the Balearic Islands | |
| In office 19 June 2023 – 7 July 2023 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Deputy | Juan Pedro Yllanes |
| Preceded by | Francina Armengol |
| Succeeded by | Marga Prohens |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Balearic Islands | |
| In office 3 July 2019 – 10 July 2023 | |
| President | Francina Armengol (2019–2023) Herself (acting) (2023) |
| Preceded by | Vicenç Vidal (Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries) |
| Succeeded by | Joan Simonet (Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment) |
| Secretary-general of We Can Balearic Islands | |
| In office 5 October 2017 – 22 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Alberto Jarabo |
| Succeeded by | Antònia Jover |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 19 July 2016 – 5 March 2019 | |
| In office 13 January 2016 – 3 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Balearic Islands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño 25 July 1954 Gijón, Spain |
| Political party | Podemos |
Biography
editShe started working as a court secretary until 1990, when she founded the La Torre de Papel bookstore.[4] In February 2015 she was elected secretary-general of Podemos Menorca. She was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2015 and 2016.[5]
On 20 June 2023, following the resignation of Francina Armengol, she was appointed President of the Balearic Islands as the oldest person of Armengol's cabinet.
References
edit- ^ "Mae de la Concha es la nueva secretaria general de Podemos Baleares". Europa Press. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Antònia Jover, nueva coordinadora autonómica de Podemos". Diario de Mallorca. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Acord del Consell de Govern de 19 de juny de 2023 pel qual es constata la concurrència de les circumstàncies previstes a l'article 6.1 de la Llei 1/2019, de 31 de gener, del Govern de les Illes Balears i es determina el membre del Govern que ha d'ocupar interinament la Presidència segons les regles de l'article 6.2 de la Llei esmentada". Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears (in Catalan) (083). Govern de les Illes Balears: 35874–35875. 20 June 2023. ISSN 2254-1233.
- ^ "Podemos elige a Mae de La Concha como líder en Menorca". Infomenorca. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Congreso de los Diputados. "De la Concha García-Mauriño, María Asunción Jacoba Pía". Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.