Marta Fernández (politician)

Marta Fernández
President of the Cortes of Aragon
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 June 2023
Preceded byJavier Sada Beltrán
Member of the Cortes of Aragon
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 June 2019
ConstituencyZaragoza
Personal details
Born (1966-08-23) 23 August 1966 (age 58)
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Political partyVox
EducationUniversity of Zaragoza
ProfessionLawyer

Marta Fernández Martín (born 23 August 1966)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Vox, president of the Cortes of Aragon since 2023.

Biography

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Fernández graduated with a law degree from the University of Zaragoza and worked as a lawyer for four years. After one year as an administrative assistant at Ibercaja Banco, she was in charge of human resources at Osca Gas between 1999 and 2019.[1][2]

Fernández was one of three deputies elected to the Cortes of Aragon for Vox in the 2019 election. In 2023, the party increased to seven seats and she was installed as the president of the Cortes (speaker) after an agreement with the ruling People's Party. She was the second woman in the office, after Violeta Barba.[1]

Fernández disabled her previous social media accounts after becoming president. She said that this was because the previous account was for her as a politician, while her new account represents an institution.[1] She had previously used social media to criticise COVID-19 measures, deny climate change, attack prime minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez as a "communist dictator" and say that Irene Montero only knows how to "get down on her knees".[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Marta Fernández, presidenta de las Cortes de Aragón: negacionista ambiental y antivacunas" [Marta Fernández, president of the Cortes of Aragon: climate denier and anti-vaccine] (in Spanish). RTVE. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "A qué se dedicaba Marta Fernández, antes de ser diputada de VOX y futura presidenta de las Cortes de Aragón" [What did Marta Fernández do for a living before being a Vox deputy and future president of the Cortes of Aragon]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ortega, Javier (23 June 2023). "Marta Fernández, otra presidenta de las Cortes de Vox con polémica: del negacionismo del cambio climático y del Covid a "Montero sólo sabe arrodillarse para medrar"" [Marta Fernández, another Vox president of the Cortes with controversy: from climate change and COVID denial to "Montero only knows how to get down on her knees to get by"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.