José Ramón Bauzá Explained

José Ramón Bauzá
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Term Start:2 July 2019
Office1:Spanish Senator
Term Start1:9 July 2015
Term End1:23 January 2019
Office2:President of the Government of the Balearic Islands
Monarch2:Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Term Start2:18 June 2011
Term End2:2 July 2015
Predecessor2:Francesc Antich
Successor2:Francina Armengol
Office3:Member of the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
Term Start3:18 June 2015
Term End3:8 July 2015
Term Start4:7 June 2011
Term End4:31 March 2015
Term Start5:8 February 2011
Term End5:29 March 2011
Constituency5:Mallorca
Office6:President of the
People's Party of the Balearic Islands
Term Start6:11 September 2009
Term End6:23 July 2015
Predecessor6:Rosa Estaràs
Successor6:Miquel Vidal
Office7:Mayor of Marratxí
Term Start7:11 June 2005[1]
Term End7:11 June 2011
Predecessor7:Miquel Bestard
Successor7:Tomeu Oliver
Birthname:José Ramón Bauzá Díaz
Birth Date:16 November 1970
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Party:People's Party (1996–2019)
Citizens (since 2019)

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz (pronounced as /es/; born 16 November 1970) is a Spanish politician and the president of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2015.[2] [3] Born to a Majorcan father and a mother native to Madrid, he is licensed as a pharmacist by the Complutense University of Madrid. He owns his own pharmacy in his hometown of Marratxí.

Political career

In the People´s Party

In Citizens[4] [5]

Controversy

According to Politico Europe, Bauzá did not disclose that he held shares in the startup Gas2Move when he joined the European Parliament in 2019.[6]

In 2023, Bauzá was investigated by parliamentary authorities over allegations of workplace harassment.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 12 June 2005 . José Ramón Bauzá, elegido en pleno extraordinario nuevo alcalde de Marratxí . Spanish . Última Hora . 11 March 2021.
  2. http://joseramonbauza.com/sobre-mi/ José Ramón Bauzá own website
  3. Web site: The Government . 2011-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614141804/http://www.caib.es/govern/organigrama/area.do?lang=en&coduo=2 . 2011-06-14 . Taking over of the new Government of the Balearic Islands at the Balearic Islands online gazette (www.caib.es)
  4. Web site: Bauzá deja el PP por "sembrar nacionalismo" en Baleares. ElPeriodico. 23 January 2019 .
  5. News: El expresidente popular de Baleares José Ramón Bauzá ficha por Ciudadanos. Huffpost.
  6. Sarah Wheaton, Mari Eccles and Giovanna Coi (21 June 2023), Portrait of an MEP’s jet-set life in the gray zone Politico Europe.
  7. Barbara Moens and Eddy Wax (2 June 2023), Inside Europe’s Parliament of bullies Politico Europe.