Diego Gago

Diego José Gago Bugarín (born 8 September 1987)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was a city councillor in Pontevedra in Galicia from 2015 to 2019, and was then elected to the Congress of Deputies. He was the president of the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) from 2017 to 2021.

Biography

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Gago graduated in business law from the University of Vigo[2] and has a master's degree as a tax advisor.[3] Already president of the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) in his home region having taken 91% of the vote in 2014,[3] he was number two on the People's Party (PP) list for Pontevedra in the 2015 Spanish local elections. Seven members of the party were elected to the city council, forming the opposition as 15 were voted from the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG).[4]

In March 2017, Gago was elected unopposed as the new national president of NNGG, replacing Beatriz Jurado who had passed the organisation's maximum age to run again.[3] He was placed second on the PP list for the April 2019 Spanish general election in the Pontevedra constituency,[5] being one of two party members elected by the constituency;[6] he was the second of three elected in the November election.[7] In April 2021, he passed presidency of the NNGG to Beatriz Fanjul.[8]

References

1. Estévez, José (21 May 2017). "Diego Gago: "Nuevos profetas engañaron a los jóvenes con falsas fórmulas mágicas"" [Diego Gago: "New prophets tricked the youth with false magic formulas"]. El Progreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
2. "Muñoz elige a Diego Gago, presidente de Novas Xeracións, como número dos de la lista" [Muñoz chooses Diego Gago, president of New Generations in Galicia, as number two on the list]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 18 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
3. "El vigués Diego Gago presidirá Nuevas Generaciones del PP" [Vigo-born Diego Gago will be president of the New Generations of the PP]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Europa Press. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
4. Méndez, J. (25 May 2015). "Muñoz reconoce los "malos resultados"" [Muñoz recognises the "bad results"]. El Progreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
5. "El PP de Pontevedra sitúa a Diego Gago de dos en la lista al Congreso y a Elena Suárez, de tres" [Pontevedra PP put Diego Gago second on the list for Conrgess and Elena Suárez, third]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
6. "Un Congreso casi paritario: estos son los nombres de los nuevos diputados por provincias" [An almost partisan Congress: these are the names of the new deputies by province]. El Español (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
7. "Estos son los diputados y senadores elegidos por Pontevedra" [These are the deputies and senators elected by Pontevedra]. Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). Europa Press. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
8. Redondo, Guillermo (18 April 2021). "Beatriz Fanjul: «A mí nunca nadie me ha dicho qué tengo que decir, ni cómo»" [Beatriz Fanjul: "Nobody has ever told me what I have to say, nor how"]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2023.