Núria Marín

For the presenter, see Nuria Marín Font.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marín and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Núria Marín
Marín in 2012
Delegate of the Catalan Government to Madrid
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 September 2024
PresidentSalvador Illa
Preceded byJoan Capdevila i Esteve
Mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
In office
19 April 2008 – 15 June 2024
Preceded byCelestino Corbacho
Succeeded byDavid Quirós
Member of the Senate
In office
17 August 2023 – 3 September 2024
Appointed byParliament of Catalonia
ConstituencyCatalonia
President of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona
In office
11 July 2019 – 13 July 2023
Preceded byMarc Castells
Succeeded byLluïsa Moret
Municipal offices
Member of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona
In office
15 July 2011 – 12 July 2023
Member of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council
In office
17 June 1995 – 15 June 2024
Party offices
President of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia
In office
15 December 2019 – 19 December 2021
Preceded byÀngel Ros
Succeeded byMiquel Iceta
Personal details
Born (1963-12-26) 26 December 1963 (age 61)
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Political partySocialists' Party of Catalonia

Núria Marín Martínez (born 26 December 1963) is a Spanish politician of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). She was a city councillor in Catalonia's second largest city, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, from 1995 to 2024 and its mayor from 2008 to 2024.

Marín was President of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona from 2019 to 2023, leaving when named to the Senate of Spain. She was her party's president 2019 to 2021.

Local politics

Marín became mayor Celestino Corbacho's first deputy in 2007. When he resigned the following year to become Minister of Work and Immigration, she was elected as his successor, with 18 votes out of 25. She became L'Hospitalet de Llobregat's third mayor since the Spanish transition to democracy, and the first woman in the office.[1]

In the 2011 Spanish local elections, the PSC lost the overall majority it had held in the city since 1983, falling from 17 to 13 of 27 seats.[2] She was invested as mayor after forming a pact with the two councillors from the Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left (ICV-EUiA). Marín said that the issues for her new mandate were the Spanish economic crisis and the entrance into the city hall of the far-right Platform for Catalonia.[3]

The PSC under Marín fell further to 11 of 27 seats in the 2015 Spanish local elections. In November that year, she formed a pact with two independent councillors elected as members of Guanyem Catalunya, still one short of a majority.[4]

In 2017, following the presentation of the unrecognised Catalan declaration of independence, Marín called for Carles Puigdemont, the President of the Government of Catalonia, to confirm that he was not seeking secession, as to avoid the application of Article 155 of the Constitution of Spain being triggered. She reiterated the PSC's support for dialogue and federalism, and praised international businesses for moving their operations from Catalonia in anticipation of secession: "Businesses generate wealth. 500 companies moving is very bad news. If many businesses had reacted earlier, perhaps we wouldn't have got to this point".[5]

In the 2019 Spanish local elections, Marín recovered the majority in the city hall that her party had lost eight years earlier, by increasing their seats from 11 to 14 out of 27.[6]

Marín was arrested and bailed in December 2020 for alleged diversion of funds.[7] The case against her was closed in July 2022.[8] In the 2023 Spanish local elections, her party was the most voted in each neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, but nonetheless lost its majority.[9]

On 22 May 2024, Marín announced that she would leave the mayor's office on 15 June. David Quirós would become the next mayor.[10]

Other offices

In 2011, she was elected to the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona, and resigned in December 2014 to concentrate on her role as mayor.[11] In July 2019, she was invested as President of the Provincial Deputation, with the deputies from her party and Together for Catalonia voting in favour.[12] That November, she was elected President of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park consortium.[13]

In 2017, Marín was elected to one of three seats held by the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) in the executive of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Formerly vice secretary to PSC leader Miquel Iceta, she replaced Àngel Ros as party president in December 2019.[14] Two years later, new secretary general Salvador Illa installed Iceta as president, with Marín as vice president.[15]

Marín left the Provincial Deputation in 2023 to be named Senator by the Parliament of Catalonia.[16] In September 2024, Illa named her as the Catalan government's delegate to Madrid.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Nuria [sic] Marín sustituye a Celestino Corbacho en la alcaldía de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat" [Núria Marín replaces Celestino Corbacho as mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 April 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ Marín, Héctor (22 May 2011). "El PSC pierde su mayoría absoluta histórica" [PSC loses its historic absolute majority]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ ""Les normes de convivència de L'H són per a tots"" ["The norms of coexistence in L'H are for everyone"] (in Catalan). L'H Digital. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. ^ "El PSC de L'Hospitalet gobernará con Guanyem L'H" [PSC in L'Hospitalet will govern with Guanyem L'H]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ Conde, Raúl (15 October 2017). "Núria Marín, alcaldesa de L'Hospitalet: "Si se aplica el artículo 155, el responsable será Puigdemont"" [Núria Marín, mayor of L'Hospitalet: "If article 155 is applied, Puigdemont will be responsible for it"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ Marín, Héctor (17 June 2019). "Núria Marín se compromete a liderar otra "gran transformación" de L'Hospitalet" [Núria Marín promises to lead another "great transformation" of L'Hospitalet]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ^ Sánchez, Guillem (12 December 2020). "Núria Marín, imputada por una trama de desvío de subvenciones en L'Hospitalet" [Núria Marín, charged with diversion of funds plot in L'Hospitalet]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ^ Solé Altimira, Oriol (12 July 2022). "La jueza archiva el caso contra Núria Marín por el desvío de fondos del Consell Esportiu de L'Hospitalet" [Judge closes the case against Núria Marín for diversion of funds from the Sports Council of L'Hospitalet]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  9. ^ Rebollo, Àlex (30 May 2023). "La hegemonía de Núria Marín en L'Hospitalet: el PSC vuelve a ganar en todos los barrios el 28M" [Núria Marín's hegemony in L'Hospitalet: PSC wins again in all neighbourhoods in 28 May elections]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  10. ^ "La socialista Núria Marín dejará la alcaldía de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat el 15 de junio" [Socialist Núria Marín will leave the mayor's office of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat on 15 June]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 22 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Núria Marín deja la Diputación de Barcelona para centrarse en L'Hospitalet" [Núria Marín leaves the Deputation of Barcelona to concentrate on L'Hospitalet]. Europa Press. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  12. ^ "La socialista Núria Marín, nueva presidenta de la Diputación de Barcelona" [Socialist Núria Marín, new president of the Deputation of Barcelona] (in Spanish). El Plural. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Núria Marín asume la presidencia del Consorcio del Parc Natural de la Serra de Collserola (Barcelona)" [Núria Marín assumes the presidency of the Serra de Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona)] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. ^ Rios, Pere (12 December 2019). "Núria Marín será la presidenta del PSC" [Núria Marín will be the president of the PSC]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  15. ^ Anguera de Sojo, Iva (15 December 2021). "Miquel Iceta ocupará la presidencia del PSC con Núria Marin [sic] como vicepresidenta" [Miquel Iceta will take the PSC presidency with Núria Marín as vice president]. El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Núria Marín deixarà la Diputació de Barcelona i es convertirà en senadora autonòmica" [Núria Marín will leave the Deputation of Barcelona and will become autonomous senator] (in Catalan). CCMA. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Núria Marín será la nueva delegada del Govern en Madrid" [Núria Marín will be the Catalan government's new delegate in Madrid]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.