Mae de la Concha

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Concha and the second or maternal family name is García-Mauriño.

Mae de la Concha
de la Concha in 2021
President of the Balearic Islands
Acting
In office 19 June 2023 – 7 July 2023
Monarch	Felipe VI
Deputy	Juan Pedro Yllanes
Preceded by	Francina Armengol
Succeeded by	Marga Prohens
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Balearic Islands
In office 3 July 2019 – 10 July 2023
President	Francina Armengol (2019–2023) Herself (acting) (2023)
Preceded by	Vicenç Vidal (Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries)
Succeeded by	Joan Simonet (Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment)
Secretary-general of We Can Balearic Islands
In office 5 October 2017 – 22 December 2021
Preceded by	Alberto Jarabo
Succeeded by	Antònia Jover
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 19 July 2016 – 5 March 2019
In office 13 January 2016 – 3 May 2016
Constituency	Balearic Islands
Personal details
Born	María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño (1954-07-25) 25 July 1954 (age 70) Gijón, Spain
Political party	Podemos

María Asunción Jacoba Pía de la Concha García-Mauriño, known as Mae de la Concha (born 25 July 1954), is a Spanish bookseller and politician. She was regional minister of agriculture, fisheries and food of the government of the Balearic Islands. She was a member of Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. From October 2017 to December 2021 she also served as secretary-general of the Balearic branch of Podemos.[1][2] She was acting President of the Balearic Islands from 19 June to 7 July 2023.[3]

Biography

She started working as a court secretary until 1990, when she founded the La Torre de Papel bookstore.[4] In February 2015 she was elected secretary-general of Podemos Menorca. She was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2015 and 2016.[5]

On 20 June 2023, following the resignation of Francina Armengol, she was appointed President of the Balearic Islands as the oldest person of Armengol's cabinet.

References

1. "Mae de la Concha es la nueva secretaria general de Podemos Baleares". Europa Press. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
2. "Antònia Jover, nueva coordinadora autonómica de Podemos". Diario de Mallorca. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
3. "Acord del Consell de Govern de 19 de juny de 2023 pel qual es constata la concurrència de les circumstàncies previstes a l'article 6.1 de la Llei 1/2019, de 31 de gener, del Govern de les Illes Balears i es determina el membre del Govern que ha d'ocupar interinament la Presidència segons les regles de l'article 6.2 de la Llei esmentada". Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears (in Catalan) (083). Govern de les Illes Balears: 35874–35875. 20 June 2023. ISSN 2254-1233.
4. "Podemos elige a Mae de La Concha como líder en Menorca". Infomenorca. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
5. Congreso de los Diputados. "De la Concha García-Mauriño, María Asunción Jacoba Pía". Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.