Manuel Gavira Explained

Manuel Gavira Florentino (born 1969)^[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Vox. He was elected to the Parliament of Andalusia in 2018 and became his party's leader in the assembly in 2022.

Biography

Gavira is the father of two children. He is a lawyer, and a mediator in civil and mercantile issues, as well as a business consultant.^[1]

In the 2018 Andalusian regional election, Gavira was one of two Vox deputies elected to the Parliament of Andalusia by the Cádiz constituency. As part of Vox's confidence and supply to the People's Party and Citizens government, the party earned a place on the parliamentary board, with Gavira being named third secretary. He was the first Vox member to hold an office in a regional parliament.^[1] In April 2021, Gavira became Vox's parliamentary spokesperson in place of Alejandro Hernández, while Macario Valpuesta took Gavira's secretarial post.^[2]

Gavira again led the Vox list in Cádiz in the 2022 Andalusian regional election.^[3] Vox maintained its two seats from the constituency.^[4] Weeks after the election, lead candidate Macarena Olona resigned for health reasons and Gavira replaced her as Vox's spokesperson in the Parliament.^[5]

During a debate on immigration coinciding with UEFA Euro 2024, Gavira was asked if he like the goal by Lamine Yamal, a Spain national football team player with African immigrant parents. Gavira said he was happy for Lamine Yamal but "If he hadn't scored it, somebody else would have".^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Moreno . Silvia . Manuel Gavira, así es el primer cargo institucional de Vox. Manuel Gavira, Vox's first member in an institutional office . 16 July 2024 . . 28 December 2018 . Spanish.
2. News: Manuel Gavira, nuevo portavoz de Vox en el Parlamento de Andalucía en sustitución de Alejandro Hernández. Manuel Gavira, new Vox spokesperson in the Parliament of Andalusia in place of Alejandro Hernández. 16 July 2024 . . 6 May 2021 . Spanish.
3. News: Gavira (VOX) cree que los "datos triunfalistas" que defiende el PP en campaña "no son reales". Gavira (Vox) believes that the "triumphalist data" that the PP defends on the campaign trail "is not real" . 16 July 2024 . . 13 June 2022 . Spanish.
4. News: Elecciones Andalucía 2022: Estos son los 15 parlamentarios por Cádiz. 2022 Andalusia election: These are the 15 parliamentarians for Cádiz. 16 July 2024 . Diario de Cádiz . 20 June 2022 . Spanish.
5. News: Manuel Gavira será el portavoz de Vox en el Parlamento andaluz en sustitución de Olona. Manuel Gavira will be Vox's spokesperson in the Parliament of Andalusia in place of Olona . 16 July 2024 . . 10 August 2022 . Spanish.
6. News: Rocha . C. . El portavoz de Vox Andalucía, sobre el gol de Lamine Yamal: "Si no lo hubiera marcado él, lo habría marcado otro". Spokesperson of Vox Andalusia, on Lamine Yamal's goal: "If he hadn't scored it, somebody else would have". 16 July 2024 . . 10 July 2024 . Spanish.