Marta Madrenas i Mir

Marta Madrenas i Mir (born 1 November 1967) is a Spanish politician and lawyer from Catalonia.[1] Since 2016, she has served as mayor of Girona.[2][3]

Marta Madrenas
Mayor of Girona
Assumed office
18 March 2016
Preceded byAlbert Ballesta i Tura
Personal details
Born
Marta Madrenas i Mir

(1967-11-01) November 1, 1967
Girona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Catalan European Democratic Party (until 2020)
OccupationPolitician and lawyer

Since 17 January 2018 she has been a member of the Parliament of Catalonia in the 12th term of office for the electoral coalition Together for Catalonia.[4]

Career

She has a degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and, after completing her higher education, from 2003 to 2010 she was president of the Girona Property Agents' Association and vice-president of the Catalan Council of COAPI.

She is a member of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia party (CDC). In 2011, Carles Puigdemont, who she became a trusted person, signed her up to be number three on the list for the Municipal Elections for Girona City Council. After winning the elections, she became the second deputy mayor[5] of Economic Promotion and Employment.

Later, in January 2016, after the sudden investiture of Carles Puigdemont as the new president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Albert Ballesta became the new mayor of the city and Madrenas continued to head his posts in the city council but adding to them the competence of town planning. Then, when not even three months had passed, Albert Ballesta resigned[6] due to the problems he had in reaching agreements with the other parties to approve him as mayor and finally, Madrenas became the new mayor of Girona on March 18,[7] and is 2020 considering the possibility of running in the next municipal elections for re-election.[8]

References
  1. Xarxa Audiovisual Local. "Qui és Marta Madrenas?". tv girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. "Marta Madrenas, investida nueva alcaldesa de Girona". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. Europa Press (18 March 2016). "Marta Madrenas, investida nueva alcaldesa de Girona". 20minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. "Elecciones Catalanas: Los nuevos 135 diputados del Parlament de Catalunya". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  5. "Converses Coop: Marta Madrenas, tinent d'alcalde de l'Ajuntament de Girona". aracoop (in Catalan). 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. "Converses a Catalunya - Diari Digital". Converses a Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. "Marta Madrenas, investida nueva alcaldesa de Girona". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. EFE. "Madrenas dispuesta a la reelección para que Girona sea "puntal" soberanista". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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