Marga Prohens
Marga Prohens | |
|---|---|
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| President of the Government of the Balearic Islands | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2023 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Preceded by | Mae de la Concha(acting) |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 21 May 2019 – 29 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Balearic Islands |
| Member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands | |
| In office 18 June 2011 – 21 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margalida Prohens Rigo 24 May 1982 Campos(Balearic Islands), Spain |
| Political party | PP |
| Spouse |
Javier Bonet (m.2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Pompeu Fabra University |
Margalida Prohens Rigo[1][2](born 24 May 1982)[3]is a SpanishPeople's Party(PP) politician. She served in theParliament of the Balearic Islandsfrom 2011 to 2019, and theCongress of Deputies.In 2021, she became president of thePeople's Party of the Balearic Islands,winning the2023 Balearic regional electionand becomingPresident of the Balearic Islands.
Biography
[edit]Born inCampos,Mallorca,Prohens graduated in Translation and Interpretation fromPompeu Fabra UniversityinBarcelona.She joined theNew Generations of the People's Partyin 2005.[4]
Elected to theParliament of the Balearic Islandsin 2011,she served as the PP spokesperson within it from 2015 untilBiel Companytook over in 2018.[3]She was announced as the party's candidate for theCongress of Deputiesfor theBalearic constituencyin theApril 2019 Spanish general election;Maria Salomhad originally been named but was then moved to be theSenatecandidate.[5]
In July 2018, new PP PresidentPablo Casadonamed Prohens the party's Secretary of Internal Communication.[6]Three years later, she ran unopposed to be president of thePeople's Party of the Balearic Islands,succeeding Company.[7]In February 2022, she was one of several regional PP leaders to withdraw confidence in Casado, leading to the20th National Congress of the People's Party.[8]She then endorsedAlberto Núñez Feijóo.[9]
In the2023 Balearic regional election,the PP rose nine seats to 26, becoming the largest party.[10]The party reached a pact with the eight deputies fromVox,who did not join the government but hadGabriel Le Senneelected asparliamentarypresident, the role ofspeaker.[11]An issue between the two parties was the status of Spanish and Catalan in the archipelago; the PP agreed with Vox that Spanish should be an option in education and other public services, while installingAntoni Vera,a philologist of Catalan, as Minister of Education.[12]On 7 July, she was sworn in asPresident of the Balearic Islands.[13]
References
[edit]- ^"Imágenes de la presidenta del Govern, Margalida Prohens, con el presidente de la Federación de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de Baleares (PIMEB)"[Images of the President of the Government, Margalida Prohens, with the president of the Federation of Small and Medium Businesses of the Balearic Islands (PIMEB)] (in Spanish). Government of the Balearic Islands. 20 July 2023.Retrieved18 August2023.
- ^"Toma de Posesión de la nueva presidenta de las Islas Baleares, Margalida Prohens"[Inauguration of the new President of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens] (in Spanish). Government of the Balearic Islands. 7 July 2023.Retrieved18 August2023.
- ^abEza, Virginia (29 April 2019)."Conoce quiénes son los ocho diputados y los cinco senadores electos por Baleares"[Get to know who are the eight deputies and five senators elected by the Balearic Islands].Diario de Mallorca(in Spanish).Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^Font, Miguel Angel (22 March 2019)."Marga Prohens:" Las bases se enfadaron, pero con mi designación están muy ilusionadas ""[Marga Prohens: "The local branches got angry, byt they are very excited by my designation].El Mundo(in Spanish).Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^"Marga Prohens será la candidata del PP al Congreso y María Salom al Senado"[Marga Prohens will be the PP candidate for Congress and Maria Salom for the Senate].Mallorca Diario(in Spanish). 20 March 2019.Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^"Marga Prohens, nueva secretaria de comunicación interna del PP de Pablo Casado"[Marga Prohens, new secretary of internal communication in Pablo Casado's PP].El Mundo(in Spanish).EFE.26 July 2018.Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^Zabala, Sergio (24 July 2021)."Marga Prohens sustituye a Company oficialmente como presidenta del PP balear"[Marga Prohens officially replaces Company as president of the Balearic PP] (in Spanish).Cadena SER.Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^Adrover, Miquel (22 February 2022)."Casado pierde el apoyo de Prohens y del PP de Baleares"[Casado loses support from Prohens and Balearic PP].Diario de Mallorca(in Spanish).Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^"Prohens avala la candidatura de Núñez Feijóo a presidir el PP porque representa" unidad y valentía ""[Prohens endorses Núñez Feijóo's candidacy for president of the PP because it represents "unity and strength" ] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 6 March 2022.Retrieved25 March2022.
- ^Vallés, M. Elena (28 May 2023)."Giro definitivo a la derecha: el PP gana las elecciones y suma la mayoría con Vox"[Definite turn to the right: PP win the election and reach majority with Vox].Diario de Mallorca(in Spanish).Retrieved11 July2023.
- ^Colom, Eduardo (28 June 2023)."El PP gobernará Baleares en solitario tras sellar un acuerdo con Vox"[PP will govern Balearic Islands on their own after sealing an agreement with Vox].El Mundo(in Spanish).Retrieved11 July2023.
- ^Colom, Eduardo (1 July 2023)."El PP elige a un consejero de Educación conciliador para lidiar con el catalanismo en Baleares"[PP chooses a conciliatory Minister of Education to deal with pro-Catalanism in the Balearic Islands].El Mundo(in Spanish).Retrieved11 July2023.
- ^"Marga Prohens toma posesión como presidenta del Govern"[Marga Prohens takes office as President of the Government] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 7 July 2023.Retrieved11 July2023.
