María José Alcón

María José Alcón i Miquel (1961 – 16 June 2018)[1] was a Spanish politician from People's Party.[2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alcón and the second or maternal family name is Miquel.
María José Alcón
City Councilor of Culture of Valencia
In office
1995–2009
Personal details
Born
María José Alcón Miquel

1961
Mislata, Province of Valencia, Spain
Died16 June 2018 (aged 57)
Callosa d'en Sarrià, Province of Alicante, Spain
Spouse(s)Alfonso Grau (m. 2015 - her death 2018)
OccupationJurist and Politician

Bachelor of Law and master's degree in Urban Law, she held the position of Councilor for Culture[3] at the City Council of Valencia between 1995 and 2009,3 and left office after suffering an accident. After leaving the position of councilor, she continued at City Hall as a consultant, and also continued linked to PP.[4]

On 2015, she was charged in the Taula case for money laundering.[5] In a conversation with his son, recorded by the police, she recognized the alleged money laundering for the financing of the party in Valencia and explained the practice known as smurfing, consisting of some people received cash and at the same time they remitted a transfer for the same amount as a legal donation to the PP.[6] In this corruption scandal was charged her husband, Alfonso Grau, who was Deputy Mayor between 1995 and 2015, and the former Mayoress Rita Barberá, who died two days after declaring in the Supreme Court in November 2016, both of the same political party. In 2015 she was again charged for a tax crime in the sale of real estate.[7]

Alcón died on 16 June 2018 after falling from the balcony of her house in Callosa d'en Sarrià. Suicide is suspected.[8]

References
  1. Encuentran muerta a la exconcejal del PP de Valencia María José Alcón tras precipitarse por un balcón (in Spanish)
  2. El Comité Electoral de Valencia Ciudad aprueba la propuesta de candidatura municipal al Ayuntamiento de Valencia (in Spanish)
  3. Mª JOSÉ ALCÓN: “JOAN VERDÚ ES UNO DE LOS PRINCIPALES VALORES DEL ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO” (in Spanish)
  4. El vicealcalde de Valencia contrata a su pareja (in Spanish)
  5. Alfonso Grau, imputado por financiación ilegal del PP de Valencia (in Spanish)
  6. Así se repartían las presuntas ‘mordidas’ en el ayuntamiento de Rita Barberá (in Spanish)
  7. La exedil María José Alcón, imputada por un delito fiscal (in Spanish)
  8. Hallan muerta María José Alcón, la ex concejala que confesó por teléfono el blanqueo del PP de Valencia (in Spanish)


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