Gloria Rojas (politician) explained

Gloria Rojas Ruiz (born 1967 or 1968)[1] [2] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. She has served as her party's leader in the Assembly of Melilla since 2015 and as its secretary-general in Melilla since 2017.

Biography

Born in Melilla, Rojas graduated in education sciences from the University of Granada, becoming a professor at its Melilla campus.[3] She became vice dean of the campus.[4]

The secretary general of the Melilla branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Dionisio Muñoz, chose Rojas as candidate for the Congress of Deputies in the single-seat Melilla constituency for the 2011 Spanish general election.[4] In May 2015, she led the party from two to three seats in the Melilla Assembly election.[2] [5] In September 2017, she was elected secretary general of the party in the city.[6]

In the 2019 Melilla Assembly election, Rojas led the PSOE to third place with four seats.[7] The four PSOE members and the eight from the Coalition for Melilla (CpM) joined with the one deputy elected for Citizens (Cs), Eduardo de Castro, installing him as Mayor-President of Melilla to prevent a government of ten People's Party (PP) deputies and two from Vox.[8] Rojas was named vice president, and in October, tabled a motion to remove the Statue of Francisco Franco, the last remaining in public in Spain.[9] The motion was approved and the statue was removed in February 2021.[10]

In the 2023 Melilla Assembly election, Rojas's PSOE fell to three seats, amidst larger losses for the party around the country. The PP regained a majority in the Assembly of Melilla, under Juan José Imbroda.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Caballero . Álvaro . Quién es quién en las elecciones de Melilla: un histórico del PP, un capitán de mar y dos posibles primeras presidentas. Who's who in the Melilla elections: a PP veteran, a sea captain and two possible first female presidents . 6 June 2023 . . 12 May 2023 . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Candidatos por Melilla. Candidates for Melilla . . 6 June 2023 . Spanish.
  3. News: La vicepresidenta de Melilla Gloria Rojas es reelegida como secretaria general del PSOE melillense. Vice President of Melilla Gloria Rojas is re-elected as secretary general of the Melilla PSOE. 6 June 2023 . . 12 December 2021 . Spanish.
  4. News: La vicedecana del Campus de Melilla, Gloria Rojas, elegida candidata al Congreso por el PSOE de Melilla . Vice Dean of the Melilla Campus, Gloria Rojas, chosen as PSOE candidate for Congress in Melilla. 6 June 2023 . Europa Press . 23 September 2023 . Spanish.
  5. News: Sánchez . Paqui . Dimite el líder del PSOE en Melilla, uno de los 30 acusados de comprar votos en 2008. PSOE leader in Melilla resigns, one of 30 accused of buying votes in 2008 . 6 June 2023 . . 27 May 2015 . Spanish.
  6. News: Gloria Rojas promete "proyecto e ilusión" tras su elección como nueva secretaria general del PSOE de Melilla. Gloria Rojas promises "project and excitement" after her election as the new secretary general of the PSOE in Melilla. 6 June 2023 . Europa Press . 24 September 2017 . Spanish.
  7. News: Costa . Tania . Industrial, Real, barrio Victoria y Alfonso XIII se vuelcan con el PP de Imbroda el 28M. Industrial, Real, Barrio Victoria and Alfonso XIII turn to Imbroda's PP in the 28 May elections . 6 June 2023 . El Faro de Melilla . 30 May 2023 . Spanish.
  8. News: Imbroda se ausenta de la toma de posesión del nuevo presidente de Melilla. Imbroda absent from the swearing-in of the new president of Melilla . 6 June 2023 . . 22 June 2019 . Spanish.
  9. News: El PSOE presentará una moción en Melilla para retirar la única estatua de Franco en la vía pública. PSOE will present a motion in Melilla to remove the only public statue of Franco . 6 June 2023 . . Europa Press . 24 October 2019 . Spanish.
  10. News: Melilla retira la última estatua de Franco que quedaba en España . Melilla removes the last statue of Franco remaining in Spain. 6 June 2023 . . 23 February 2021 . Spanish.
  11. News: Melilla merece mucho más de lo que tiene. Melilla deserves a lot more than what it has . 6 June 2023 . El Faro de Melilla . 29 May 2023 . Spanish.

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