Eugenia Carballedo Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Most Excellent
Eugenia Carballedo
Office:11th President of the Assembly of Madrid
Term Start:8 June 2021
Term End:13 june 2023
Vicepresident:Jorge Rodrigo
Predecessor:Juan Trinidad
Successor:Enrique Ossorio
Office1:Minister of Sports and Transparency of the Community of Madrid
Status1:Acting
Term Start1:11 March 2021
Term End1:8 June 2021
President1:Isabel Díaz Ayuso
Monarch1:Felipe VI
Predecessor1:Ignacio Aguado
Successor1:Marta Rivera de la Cruz
Office2:Minister of the Presidency of the Community of Madrid
Term Start2:20 August 2019
Term End2:8 June 2021
President2:Isabel Díaz Ayuso
Monarch2:Felipe VI
Predecessor2:Pedro Rollán
Successor2:Enrique Ossorio (acting)
Office3:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start3:13 May 2008
Term End3:6 June 2011
Constituency3:Madrid
Office4:Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Term Start4:7 June 2011
Birth Name:María Eugenia Carballedo Berlanga
Birth Date:4 September 1971
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Party:PP
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid

María Eugenia Carballedo Berlanga (born 4 September 1971) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party (PP), serving as a president of the Assembly of Madrid since 2021.

Biography

Born in Madrid, Carballedo graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and obtained a Master's degree in European Law from KU Leuven.[1] Carballedo worked in the office of the Ombudsman before becoming PP's executive secretary of Justice.

In May 2008, Carballedo was designated to fill the seat of Eduardo Zaplana in the Congress of Deputies after he resigned to join the board of directors of Telefónica.[2] She didn't revalidate her seat in the X Legislature, instead opting to run in the 2011 Madrilenian regional election, as 29th in the PP party list.[3] She was elected, and in 2014 she was named Deputy Minister of Employment of the regional government.

She was her party's nominee for mayor of Leganés in the 2015 municipal elections but didn't take possession after losing half of the council seats obtained in the 2011 election.[4]

After the 2019 election, she was elevated to the post of Cabinet Minister of the Presidency of the Community of Madrid, also taking over as acting Cabinet Minister of Sports and Transparency in March 2021, following the expulsion of the Ciudadanos cabinet members from the government.[5] [6] [7]

Following the dissolution of the Assembly and the 2021 snap election, Carballedo was elected President of the chamber with the support of Vox.

She was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asamblea de Madrid. Ficha del diputado . 2023-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430201742/https://www.asambleamadrid.es/composicion/diputados/ficha-del-diputado?diputado=286&legislatura=12. 2023-04-30. 2023-04-30.
  2. News: 29 April 2008 . María Eugenia Carballedo sustituirá a Zaplana en el Congreso . es . El Confidencial . 1 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Candidaturas Madrid 2011.
  4. News: 11 June 2015 . LEGANÉS / Carballedo (PP) renuncia a su acta de concejal . es . Noticias Para Municipios . 1 May 2023.
  5. News: 20 August 2019 . Tres mujeres y diez hombres en el gobierno de Díaz Ayuso . es . . Madrid . 11 March 2021.
  6. News: 20 August 2019 . Los 13 de Ayuso . es . . Madrid . 11 March 2021.
  7. News: 10 March 2021 . Los consejeros del PP asumen las competencias de las áreas que pertenecían a Ciudadanos . es . . 11 March 2021.
  8. Web site: 2020-08-11 . Comunidad de Madrid dice que el Gobierno también contrató a Quirón y que la Comunidad "no renunciará a ninguna opción" . 2023-08-18 . Europa Press.