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Spanish politician (born 1982)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Prohens and the second or maternal family name is
Rigo .
Margalida Prohens Rigo
[1]
[2] (born 24 May 1982)
[3] is a Spanish
People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2019, and the
Congress of Deputies . In 2021, she became president of the
People's Party of the Balearic Islands , winning the
2023 Balearic regional election and becoming
President of the Balearic Islands .
Biography
Born in
Campos ,
Mallorca , Prohens graduated in Translation and Interpretation from
Pompeu Fabra University in
Barcelona . She joined the
New Generations of the People's Party in 2005.
[4]
Elected to the
Parliament of the Balearic Islands
in 2011 , she served as the PP spokesperson within it from 2015 until
Biel Company took over in 2018.
[3] She was announced as the party's candidate for the
Congress of Deputies for the
Balearic constituency in the
April 2019 Spanish general election ;
Maria Salom had originally been named but was then moved to be the
Senate candidate.
[5]
In July 2018, new PP President
Pablo Casado named Prohens the party's Secretary of Internal Communication.
[6] Three years later, she ran unopposed to be president of the
People's Party of the Balearic Islands , succeeding Company.
[7] In February 2022, she was one of several regional PP leaders to withdraw confidence in Casado, leading to the
20th National Congress of the People's Party .
[8] She then endorsed
Alberto Núñez Feijóo .
[9]
In the
2023 Balearic regional election , the PP rose nine seats to 26, becoming the largest party.
[10] The party reached a pact with the eight deputies from
Vox , who did not join the government but had
Gabriel Le Senne elected as
parliamentary president, the role of
speaker .
[11] An issue between the two parties was the status of Spanish and Catalan in the archipelago; the PP agreed with Vox that Spanish should be an option in education and other public services, while installing
Antoni Vera , a philologist of Catalan, as Minister of Education.
[12] On 7 July, she was sworn in as
President of the Balearic Islands .
[13]
References
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"Imágenes de la presidenta del Govern, Margalida Prohens, con el presidente de la Federación de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de Baleares (PIMEB)" [Images of the President of the Government, Margalida Prohens, with the president of the Federation of Small and Medium Businesses of the Balearic Islands (PIMEB)] (in Spanish). Government of the Balearic Islands. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023 .
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"Presa de possessió de la nova presidenta de les Illes Balears, Margalida Prohens" [Inauguration of the new President of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens] (in Catalan). Government of the Balearic Islands. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023 .
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a
b Eza, Virginia (29 April 2019).
"Conoce quiénes son los ocho diputados y los cinco senadores electos por Baleares" [Get to know who are the eight deputies and five senators elected by the Balearic Islands]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
^ Font, Miguel Angel (22 March 2019).
"Marga Prohens: "Las bases se enfadaron, pero con mi designación están muy ilusionadas" " [Marga Prohens: "The local branches got angry, byt they are very excited by my designation].
El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
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"Marga Prohens será la candidata del PP al Congreso y María Salom al Senado" [Marga Prohens will be the PP candidate for Congress and Maria Salom for the Senate]. Mallorca Diario (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
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"Marga Prohens, nueva secretaria de comunicación interna del PP de Pablo Casado" [Marga Prohens, new secretary of internal communication in Pablo Casado's PP]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
EFE . 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
^ Zabala, Sergio (24 July 2021).
"Marga Prohens sustituye a Company oficialmente como presidenta del PP balear" [Marga Prohens officially replaces Company as president of the Balearic PP] (in Spanish).
Cadena SER . Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
^ Adrover, Miquel (22 February 2022).
"Casado pierde el apoyo de Prohens y del PP de Baleares" [Casado loses support from Prohens and Balearic PP]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
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"Prohens avala la candidatura de Núñez Feijóo a presidir el PP porque representa "unidad y valentía" " [Prohens endorses Núñez Feijóo's candidacy for president of the PP because it represents "unity and strength"] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022 .
^ Vallés, M. Elena (28 May 2023).
"Giro definitivo a la derecha: el PP gana las elecciones y suma la mayoría con Vox" [Definite turn to the right: PP win the election and reach majority with Vox]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023 .
^ Colom, Eduardo (28 June 2023).
"El PP gobernará Baleares en solitario tras sellar un acuerdo con Vox" [PP will govern Balearic Islands on their own after sealing an agreement with Vox].
El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023 .
^ Colom, Eduardo (1 July 2023).
"El PP elige a un consejero de Educación conciliador para lidiar con el catalanismo en Baleares" [PP chooses a conciliatory Minister of Education to deal with pro-Catalanism in the Balearic Islands]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023 .
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"Marga Prohens toma posesión como presidenta del Govern" [Marga Prohens takes office as President of the Government] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023 .