Blanca Fernández Morena

Blanca Fernández
Minister of Equality of the Government of Castilla–La Mancha
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2019
Spokesperson of the Government of Castilla–La Mancha
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2019
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
21 May 2019 – 8 July 2019
ConstituencyCiudad Real
Member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
In office
2011–2019
ConstituencyCiudad Real
Personal details
Born (1972-03-06) 6 March 1972 (age 52)
NationalitySpanish
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
OccupationPolitician

Blanca Pilar Fernández Morena (born 1972) is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), regional minister of Equality and a Spokesperson of the Government of Castilla–La Mancha since July 2019. She was a member of the 8th and 9th Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha as well as the 13th Congress of Deputies.

Biography

Early life

Born on 6 March 1972,[1] she studied Social Work in Cuenca.[2][3] She served as Mayor of Porzuna between 2001 and 2008.[3]

Regional legislator

Fernández talking to Juan Alfonso Ruiz Molina and regional MP Emilio Sáez in 2017.

Fernández ran second in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) list for Ciudad Real vis-à-vis the 2011 regional election in Castilla–La Mancha headed by Nemesio de Lara; she was elected member of the 8th term of the regional legislature, during which she served as Second Secretary in the parliament's Bureau.[4] Secretary of Organization of the Ciudad Real's branch of the PSOE, she renovated her seat at the 2015 regional election, and, following the restructuring of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the midst of the 9th regional legislative term, she became the spokesperson of her parliamentary group, replacing José Luis Martínez Guijarro [es].[5][6]

Member of the Congress of Deputies

She contested the April 2019 general election, running as candidate to the Lower House for Ciudad Real. She was elected and became a member of the 13th Congress of Deputies.[1]

Minister of the Government of Castilla–La Mancha

In July 2019, following the results of the May 2019 regional election in Castilla–La Mancha that delivered a qualified majority to the PSOE, Fernández was appointed by Emiliano García-Page (the regional premier who had renovated his mandate for a second term) as Minister for Equality and Spokesperson of the Government of Castilla–La Mancha, thus leaving her seat at the national legislature. She assumed office on 8 July along the rest of ministers of the cabinet.[7][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "XIII Legislatura (2019-Actualidad). Fernández Morena, Blanca". Congress of Deputies.
  2. ^ "José Manuel Caballero encabeza la candidatura a las Cortes por la provincia de Ciudad Real". La Comarca de Puertollano. 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Íbamos tres amigas y un hombre nos atacó… Le di con una bolsa de hielo en la cabeza y…". EnCLM. 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ Junta Electoral Provincial de Ciudad Real: "Certificado de 25/04/2011, de la Junta Electoral Provincial de Ciudad Real, referente a las candidaturas proclamadas para las Elecciones a Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha, a celebrar el día 22 de mayo de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha. XXX (79): 15078. 26 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Blanca Fernández: 'La situación política de Cospedal es insostenible'". CLM24. 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ Jiménez, Susana (7 July 2015). "Blanca Fernández es la nueva portavoz del Grupo Socialista". La Tribuna de Toledo.
  7. ^ "Los consejeros del Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha toman posesión de su cargo". CMMedia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2019.