Office: | President of the Balearic Islands |
Deputy: | Juan Pedro Yllanes |
Status: | Acting |
Term Start: | 19 June 2023 |
Term End: | 7 July 2023 |
Predecessor: | Francina Armengol |
Successor: | Marga Prohens |
Office1: | Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Balearic Islands |
President1: | Francina Armengol Herself (acting) |
Term Start1: | 3 July 2019 |
Term End1: | 10 July 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Vicenç Vidal |
Successor1: | Joan Simonet |
Office2: | Secretary-general of We Can Balearic Islands |
Term Start2: | 5 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 22 December 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Alberto Jarabo |
Successor2: | Antònia Jover |
Office3: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
Term Start3: | 19 July 2016 |
Term End3: | 5 March 2019 |
Term Start4: | 13 January 2016 |
Term End4: | 3 May 2016 |
Constituency4: | Balearic Islands |
Birth Name: | María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Gijón, Spain |
Party: | Podemos |
Nationality: | Spanish |
María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño, known as Mae de la Concha (born 25 July 1954), is a Spanish bookseller and politician. She was regional minister of agriculture, fisheries and food of the government of the Balearic Islands. She was a member of Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. From October 2017 to December 2021 she also served as secretary-general of the Balearic branch of Podemos.[1] [2] She was acting President of the Balearic Islands from 19 June to 7 July 2023.[3]
She started working as a court secretary until 1990, when she founded the La Torre de Papel bookstore.[4] In February 2015 she was elected secretary-general of Podemos Menorca. She was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2015 and 2016.[5]
On 20 June 2023, following the resignation of Francina Armengol, she was appointed President of the Balearic Islands as the oldest person of Armengol's cabinet.