Adrián Barbón Explained

Adrián Barbón
Office:9th President of the Principality of Asturias
Term Start:16 July 2019
Vicepresidents:Juan Cofiño Gimena Llamedo
Predecessor:Javier Fernández
Office1:Secretary-General of the Asturian Socialist Federation
Term Start1:17 September 2019
Predecessor1:Javier Fernández
Office2:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start2:29 September 2015
Term End2:27 October 2015
Constituency2:Asturias
Office3:Mayor of Laviana
Term Start3:30 September 2008
Term End3:9 October 2017
Office5:Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Constituency5:Central Asturias
Term Start5:24 June 2019
Birth Date:4 January 1979
Birth Place:Laviana, Asturias, Spain
Party:PSOE
Alma Mater:University of Oviedo
Honorific Prefix:The Most Excellent

Adrián Barbón Rodríguez (born 4 January 1979) is a Spanish politician. He is the secretary general of the Asturian Socialist Federation, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the current President of the Principality of Asturias.

Personal life

Adrián Barbón was born 4 January 1979, in the municipality of Laviana, in the heart of mining region of Asturias. He received his primary education in San José School, located in the neighbouring town of Sotrondio, that closed in 2019 as a consequence of the decline in population in the region.[1] He finished secondary education in IES David Vázquez Martínez, in his hometown of Pola de Laviana.[2] Adrián Barbón graduated in law from the University of Oviedo.

Political career

After serving as mayor of Laviana since 2008 to 2017, Barbón assumed the general secretariat of the Asturian Socialist Federation on 17 September 2017. Two years later, after winning the 2019 Asturian regional election, he was named President of the Principality of Asturias.[3]

On 17 December 2021, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, being hospitalized and with his vice-president Juan Cofiño replacing him as interim President.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-06-29 . «Las cuencas necesitan un plan especial para que no se cierren más colegios» . 2022-03-27 . El Comercio . es.
  2. Web site: D . L. M. . 2021-01-18 . Clases a 4 bajo cero: los alumnos del IES de Pola de Laviana protestan hoy . 2022-03-27 . La Nueva España . es.
  3. Web site: Adrián Barbón, elegido presidente de Asturias en segunda votación con el respaldo de PSOE e IU. El Mundo. 15 July 2019. es.
  4. Web site: elDiario.es. 2021-12-17. Ingresan por COVID al presidente de Asturias, Adrián Barbón. 2021-12-18. ElDiario.es. es.