Antonio Miguel Carmona Explained

Antonio Miguel Carmona Sancipriano (born 24 January 1963)^[1] is a Spanish former politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served in the Assembly of Madrid (1999–2002; 2011–2015) and the City Council of Madrid (2015–2019), coming third in the 2015 Madrid City Council election when running for mayor of Madrid.

Biography

Carmona was raised in the Malasaña neighbourhood of Madrid.^[1] A professor of economic sciences, he has taught at Complutense University of Madrid, University of California, Berkeley and Universidad CEU San Pablo.^[1] He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1986.^[2]

Carmona was a member of the Assembly of Madrid from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2011 to 2015.^[3] On 6 October 2014, he was confirmed as the PSOE candidate for mayor of Madrid in the 2015 Madrid City Council election. Per the party's rules, there were no primaries as no other candidate collected 20% of members endorsing their campaign.^[4] His party fell from second to third place, and from 15 to 9 seats.^[5] The PSOE added their support to the 20 councillors from second-place Ahora Madrid, installing Manuela Carmena as mayor and ending 24 years of People's Party (PP) rule in the capital.^[6] Weeks after the election, Carmona was stripped of spokesmanship of the party group in the City Council of Madrid by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid (PSOE-M) and it was handed to, who was second on the electoral list.^[7]

In March 2018, Carmona said that he would not run in the 2019 Madrid City Council election, but would still be active on the campaign.^[8] He became vice president of energy company Iberdrola in October 2021,^[9] leaving a year later for executive and communication work in the same corporation.^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Ruiz Valdívia . Antonio . 19 cosas que no sabías de Antonio Miguel Carmona . 22 April 2024 . . 19 April 2015 . Spanish.
2. Web site: Antonio Miguel Carmona . . 22 April 2024 . Spanish.
3. News: El socialista Antonio Miguel Carmona será el nuevo vicepresidente de Iberdrola España en pleno conflicto con el Gobierno por la subida de la luz. Socialist Antonio Miguel Carmona will be the new vice president of Iberdrola España right in the middle of the conflict with the Government over energy price rises. 22 April 2024 . . 3 October 2021 . Spanish.
4. News: Pais Beiro . Mario . Carmona será el candidato del PSOE a la alcaldía de Madrid sin primarias . Carmona will be the PSOE candidate for mayor of Madrid without primaries. 22 April 2024 . elDiario.es . 6 October 2014 . Spanish.
5. News: Pérez Gil . Carlos . Sonrisas y lágrimas en el PSOE . Smiles and tears in the PSOE. 22 April 2024 . . 25 May 2015 . Spanish.
6. News: Belver . Marta . Bécares . Roberto . Manuela Carmena elegida nueva alcaldesa de Madrid . Manuela Carmena elected new mayor of Madrid. 22 April 2024 . . 13 June 2015 . Spanish.
7. News: El PSOE destituye a Carmona como portavoz y nombra a Purificación Causapié. PSOE dismiss Carmona as spokesman and name Purificación Causapié . 22 April 2024 . Heraldo de Aragón . . 3 August 2015 . Spanish.
8. News: Carmona renuncia a ir en las listas del PSOE-M para las próximas elecciones. Carmona rejects running on the PSOE-M list for the next election . 22 April 2024 . . 20 March 2019 . Spanish.
9. News: El socialista Antonio Miguel Carmona ficha por Iberdrola como nuevo vicepresidente en España. Socialist Antonio Miguel Carmona signs for Iberdrola as new vice president in Spain . 22 April 2024 . . . 3 October 2021 . Spanish.
10. News: Valdés Villazón . Xira . Antonio Miguel Carmona deja de ser vicepresidente de Iberdrola. Antonio Miguel Carmona no longer vice president of Iberdrola . 22 April 2024 . . 26 October 2022 . Spanish.