Mar Vaquero
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María del Mar Vaquero Periánez (born 26 June 1970)[1] is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP). A member of the Cortes of Aragon since 2011, she became vice president of the Government of Aragon in 2024. She was the mayor of María de Huerva from 2007 to 2019.
Biography
[edit]Vaquero was born in San Sebastián in the Basque Country and is the mother of two daughters. She graduated with a law degree from the University of Zaragoza as well as a master's degree in international relations and a further degree in labour law and social security. A member of the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Zaragoza since 1995, she put her legal practice on hiatus due to her political career.[1][2]
Vaquero was elected to the town council in María de Huerva in the Province of Zaragoza in 2003, becoming mayor in 2007 and remaining in office for 12 years before declining to run again. Each of her terms resulted in a larger absolute majority for the PP in the council.[3]
Vaquero was elected to the Cortes of Aragon in the 2011 Aragonese regional election by the Zaragoza constituency. In March 2017, she became secretary-general of the People's Party of Aragon, second-in-command to Luis María Beamonte.[4] In January 2022, she replaced Beamonte as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[1]
After the 2023 Aragonese regional election, the PP under Jorge Azcón formed a government with Vox. Azcón became President of the Government of Aragon, with Vox leader Alejandro Nolasco first vice president and Vaquero the second; she was also Minister of Economy, Employment and Industry.[2] Nolasco resigned in July 2024 in a row over immigration, making Vaquero the sole vice president in a PP-only government, and taking Nolasco's portfolio as Minister of Justice.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Carnicero, Laura (13 January 2022). "Mar Vaquero, nueva portavoz parlamentaria del PP en la era Azcón" [Mar Vaquero, new parliamentary spokesperson of the PP in the Azcón era]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Mar Vaquero, vicepresidenta segunda de Economía, Empleo e Industria y portavoz del Gobierno" [Mar Vaquero, second vice president of Economy, Employment and Industry and spokesperson of the Government]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Mar Vaquero no repetirá como candidata del PP en María de Huerva, tras 12 años de alcaldesa" [Mar Vaquero will not run again as PP candidate in María de Huerva, after 12 years as mayor] (in Spanish). Hoy Aragón. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Beamonte, nuevo presidente del PP-Aragón, se "dejará la piel" en el cargo" [Beamonte, new president of the PP of Aragon, will "give his all" in the role]. Diario de Teruel (in Spanish). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Mar Vaquero será la única vicepresidenta del Gobierno de Aragón y Javier Rincón el titular de Agricultura" [Mar Vaquero will be the only vice president of the Government of Aragon and Javier Rincón will be Minister of Agriculture] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.