Mónica Silvana González

Mónica Silvana González
During the WorldPride 2017
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
In office
9 June 2015 – 2019
Alcalá de Henares city councillor
In office
2007–2015
Personal details
Born (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 48)
Buenos Aires
CitizenshipArgentine / Spanish
Political partyPSOE
OccupationPolitician

Mónica Silvana González González (pronounced [ˈmonika sil'βana ɣonˈsales]; born 1976) is an Argentine and Spanish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is a member of the Federal Executive Commission of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and previously served as member of the Assembly of Madrid.

Early life and education

Born on 12 February 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] At 4 years old, she moved to the city of Esquina (province of Corrientes).[2] Graduated in Tourism at the National University of the Northeast of Corrientes,[3] she moved to Spain in 1998, settling in Alcalá de Henares.[2]

Political career

A member of the local aggrupation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in Alcalá de Henares, González was city councillor of the municipality from 2007 to 2015.[1][4]

González ran as candidate in the PSOE list (10th position) for the May 2015 regional election in Madrid headed by Ángel Gabilondo,[5] she became a member of the 10th term of the regional legislature.

In the context of the 39th Federal Congress of the PSOE that took place in June 2017, González was designated a member of the Federal Executive Commission in the role of Secretary in the Area of Diversity and Social Movements.[6][7]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Since the 2019 European Parliament election, González has been serving on the Parliament’s Committee on Development. In this capacity, she served as the parliament's rapporteur on humanitarian aid from 2019 to 2023.[8]

In addition to her committee assignments, González is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty,[10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[11]

In January 2023, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola announced that González would lose her entitlement to a daily subsistence allowance (€338 a day) and parliamentary activity for 30 days for the 'psychological harassment' towards her three accredited parliamentary assistants.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ilma. Sra. Da. Mónica Silvana González González". Assembly of Madrid. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Baglietto, Betiana. "La Asamblea de Madrid tendrá acento del Litoral". Argentinos.es.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Hebe (24 June 2017). "Mónica González una argentina en la nueva conducción del socialismo espanol". Télam.
  4. ^ "Mónica Silvana González, miembro de la ejecutiva federal y Javier Rodríguez Palacios, miembro del Comité Federal del PSOE" (PDF). Revista Quijotes: 3. June 2017.
  5. ^ Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid: "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015. Publicación candidaturas. Fase proclamación" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (99): 35–77. 28 April 2015. ISSN 1989-4791. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "La alcalaína Mónica Silvana González en la ejecutiva de Sánchez como nueva Secretaria de Diversidad y Movimientos Sociales". Alcaláhoy. 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Todos los nombres de la nueva dirección socialista". InfoLibre. 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ Vince Chadwick (16 February 2023), EU Parliament's aid rep, González, shifted over harassment Devex.
  9. ^ Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  10. ^ Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty European Parliament.
  11. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  12. ^ Vince Chadwick (16 February 2023), EU Parliament's aid rep, González, shifted over harassment Devex.