Antonio Salvá Explained

Antonio Salvá Verd (born 24 April 1952),^[1] is a Spanish politician and urologist, member of the Congress of Deputies for Balearic Islands since 2019.^[2]

He was the father of Diego Salvá, a Civil Guard killed in a bomb attack by ETA in 2010 and brother and uncle of three victims in 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing.^{[3] [4]}

He was candidate of right Vox in the November 2019 Spanish general election and won a seat.^[5] He ran unsuccessfully to a seat in the Senate por Mallorca in the April 2019 Spanish general election.^[6]

On 14 March 2020, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, announced that he was infected by SARS-CoV-2.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=162&idLegislatura=14 Salvá Verd, Antonio
2. https://www.mallorcadiario.com/diputados-senadors-baleares-10n Estos son los diputados y senadores elegidos en Baleares
3. https://www.larazon.es/espana/20200106/uldciaqjq5br7njndkpvxalwby.html Antonio Salvá: “Me siento a dos metros y medio de los que aplauden a los asesinos de mi hijo"
4. Web site: Two Spain police killed by new bomb blamed on ETA. Elisabeth O'Leary. Reuters. 2020-03-14.
5. https://www.redaccionmedica.com/secciones/parlamentarios/el-urologo-antonio-salva-cabeza-de-lista-para-el-congreso-por-vox-baleares-9555 El urólogo Antonio Salvá, cabeza de lista para el Congreso por Vox Baleares
6. https://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2019/03/26/5c9a0d82fdddff501d8b464d.html Antonio Salvá, padre de un Guardia Civil asesinado por ETA, candidato de VOX al Senado
7. https://www.dbalears.cat/ciutat/2020/03/14/336981/antonio-salva-diputat-vox-per-les-balears-tambe-coronavirus.html Antonio Salvá, diputat de VOX per les Balears, també té coronavirus