Verónica Pérez Fernández

Verónica Pérez Fernández (born 21 June 1978), is a Spanish politician, general secretary of the PSOE of Seville and member of the Parliament of Andalusia since 2004.

Verónica Pérez

First Secretary of the Andalusian Parliament
Assumed office
16 April 2015
Preceded byPatricia del Pozo Fernández
Member of Parliament of Andalusia
Assumed office
14 March 2004
ConstituencySevilla
City councilor of San Juan de Aznalfarache
In office
13 June 1999  14 March 2004
Personal details
Born (1978-06-21) June 21, 1978
San Juan de Aznalfarache, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Worker's Party
OccupationPolitician
Website@Verónica_Pérez

Biography

Born in San Juan de Aznalfarache, her relationship with the PSOE began at age 14 in the Socialist Youth, joining the PSOE at age 18.[1][2] Since then she has held various positions as Secretary of the Environment and Regional Planning of the PSOE -A in the period 2004–2008. Between 1999 and 2005 she was councilor of the City Council of San Juan de Aznalfarache and is also a provincial deputy since 2004. In the regional elections of 2004, she was elected deputy for the province of Seville in the Parliament of Andalusia, position that she renews in the elections of 2008, 2012 and 2015. In December 2013, she was elected secretary general of the PSOE of Seville in substitution of Susana Díaz[3] when she assumed the presidency of the Junta de Andalucía and the general secretariat of the PSOE-A. Since 16 April 2015 she is the first secretary of the Andalusian Parliament.[4][5][6]

PSOE's crisis

On 29 September 2016, during the PSOE crisis of 2016 while she was the President of the Federal Committee of the national party, she starred in one of the most famous episodes on the door of the headquarters of the national party in Madrid where she pronounced the famous phrase: "At this moment, the only authority in the PSOE is me".[7][8]

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