Marifrán Carazo

Marifrán Carazo
Mayor of Granada
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 June 2023
Preceded byFrancisco Cuenca
Minister of Development, Infrastructure and Planning
In office
22 January 2019 – 3 April 2023
PresidentJuan Manuel Moreno
Preceded byFelipe López García (Development)
José Fiscal López (Environment and Planning)
Succeeded byRocío Díaz Jiménez
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia
In office
19 April 2012 – 2 May 2023
ConstituencyGranada
Member of the Granada City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 June 2023
In office
16 June 2007 – 19 April 2012
Personal details
Born (1977-10-11) 11 October 1977 (age 47)
Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Political partyPP
ResidenceGranada

María Francisca Carazo Villalonga (born 11 October 1977)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician, elected mayor of Granada in 2023. She was previously a city councillor in Granada (2007–2012), member of the Parliament of Andalusia (2012–2023) and Minister of Development, Infrastructures and Territory Planning in the Regional Government of Andalusia (2019–2023).

Biography

Carazo was born in Valladolid, Castile and León. Having initially studied optometry, she then graduated in political science from the University of Granada. In 1996, she joined the People's Party (PP), serving as leader of the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) in Granada from 2000 to 2005.[1]

In 2007, Carazo was elected onto Granada's city council and was the councillor responsible for tourism in the local government of mayor José Torres Hurtado. In 2012, she left her municipal seat upon being elected to the Parliament of Andalusia. She was the PP's lead candidate in the Granada constituency in the 2018 Andalusian regional election, in which the party formed a government with Citizens (Cs). President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno, named her Minister of Development, Infrastructures and Territory Planning.[1]

On 3 January 2023, Carazo was named head of the PP's list for Granada City Council in the May elections.[2] She resigned her regional offices on 3 April.[3] She increased her party's share from 7 to 14 of the 27 seats, making her the first woman to be mayor of Granada.[4]

Personal life

Carazo met her husband José Ramón "Jota" Carmona at university.[1] He was a city councillor in Antequera, Province of Málaga, and was also elected to the Parliament of Andalusia.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "¿Quién es Marifrán Carazo? La baza del PP para alcanzar la Alcaldía de Granada" [Who is Marifrán Carazo? The PP's bet to achieve the Granada mayor's office] (in Spanish). Granada Hoy. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Carazo será candidata a la Alcaldía de Granada y consejera a la vez" [Carazo will be candidate for mayor of Granada and minister at the same time] (in Spanish). EFE. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "El BOJA publica el cese de Marifrán Carazo como consejera de Fomento y el nombramiento de Rocío Díaz como su sustituta" [Official Bulletin of the Regional Government of Andalusia published Marifrán Carazo's resignation as Minister of Development and names Rocío Díaz as her successor] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ Mendoza, Guillermo (28 May 2023). "El Partido Popular recupera con mayoría absoluta el bastón de mando en Granada" [People's Party recovers the mayoral staff of Granada with an absolute majority] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ Montilla, Cristobál G. (19 September 2022). "José Ramón Carmona deja de ser concejal en Antequera para centrarse en el Parlamento de Andalucía" [José Ramón Carmona leaves office as city councillor in Antequera to focus on the Parliament of Andalusia]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2023.