Corina Porro | |
Office: | President of Vigo Port Authority |
Term Start: | 22 April 2009 |
Office2: | Elected Senator for Pontevedra |
Term Start2: | 9 March 2008 |
Term End2: | 12 May 2009 |
Office3: | Mayor of Vigo |
Term Start3: | 2003 |
Term End3: | 2007 |
Predecessor3: | Ventura Pérez Mariño |
Successor3: | Abel Caballero |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1953 |
Birth Place: | Ferrol, Galicia, Spain |
Birthname: | María Corina Porro Martínez |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Party: | PPdeG |
Alma Mater: | None. |
María Corina Porro Martínez (born 1 December 1953) is a Spanish politician. She was a member of the Vigo local government with the Galician People's Party between 1995 and 1999. She was Chief Director of Social Services between 1999 and 2001. She became a deputy in the Parliament of Galicia and Councillor of Social Services in the 2002-2003 period. In 2003 Corina Porro was elected mayor of Vigo in 2003 after a censure motion against the socialist Ventura Pérez Mariño approved by 10 members from Galician People's Party and seven from Bloque Nacionalista Galego and rejected by eight members of Socialists' Party of Galicia and two from Progresistas Vigueses.