Mae de la Concha explained

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]

Biography

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Mae de la Concha es la nueva secretaria general de Podemos Baleares. 5 October 2017. 8 October 2017. Europa Press.
  2. News: Antònia Jover, nueva coordinadora autonómica de Podemos. 22 December 2021. 24 December 2021. Diario de Mallorca.
  3. Govern de les Illes Balears . Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears . 083 . 20 June 2023 . ca . Acord del Consell de Govern de 19 de juny de 2023 pel qual es constata la concurrència de les circumstàncies previstes a l’article 6.1 de la Llei 1/2019, de 31 de gener, del Govern de les Illes Balears i es determina el membre del Govern que ha d’ocupar interinament la Presidència segons les regles de l’article 6.2 de la Llei esmentada . 2254-1233 . 35874–35875.
  4. News: Podemos elige a Mae de La Concha como líder en Menorca. Infomenorca. 14 February 2015. 9 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170926100234/https://menorca.info/menorca/local/2015/490527/podemos-elige-mae-concha-como-lider-menorca.html. 26 September 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: De la Concha García-Mauriño, María Asunción Jacoba Pía. 9 July 2017. Congreso de los Diputados. 10 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170710212511/http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=%2Fwc%2FfichaDiputado%3FidDiputado%3D325&idLegislatura=12. dead.