Carlos Mazón Guixot (born 8 April 1974) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was elected president of the Provincial Deputation of the

Province of Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

in 2019 and has led the

People's Party of the Valencian Community The People's Party of the Valencian Community ( es, Partido Popular de la Comunidad Valenciana; ca-valencia, Partit Popular de la Comunitat Valenciana, PP or PPCV) is the Valencian branch of the People's Party, as well as one of the historically ...

(PPCV) since 2021.

Biography

Born in

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, Mazón's father of the same name was a haemotologist, who had a street in the city named after him. His maternal grandfather, Alfonso Guixot, was a businessman involved in entertainment; he owned cinemas and a bullring, and was president of

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football club. Mazón graduated in law from the

University of Alicante The University of Alicante ( ca-valencia, Universitat d'Alacant, italic=no, ; es, Universidad de Alicante, italic=no, ; also known by the acronym ''UA'') was established in 1979 on the basis of the Center for University Studies (CEU), which was fo ...

, where he was a member of the student council as the leader of the union Programa 10. He was a member of the New Generations of the People's Party. When the PP entered government in the

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under

Eduardo Zaplana Eduardo Andrés Julio Zaplana Hernández-Soro (born 3 April 1956) is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Issues from 2002 to 2004, President of the Valencian Government from 1995 to 2002 and Spokesperson of the Par ...

after the

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, 25-year-old Mazón became director of the Valencian Youth Institute. In 2003, under new Valencian president

Francisco Camps Francisco Enrique Camps Ortiz (born 28 August 1962) is a Spanish politician belonging to the Partido Popular (PP). He served as President of the Valencian Government, the Valencian regional administration, in the period 2003–2011, and is sti ...

, Mazón led the Department of Commerce and Consumption. Four years later, following a rift in the

(PPCV) between followers of Zaplana and Camps, he was one of the members of the former, more liberal faction that left regional politics and moved into the politics of the

. He served as a councillor in the provincial capital and in the small town of

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, as well as being director of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Provincial Deputation. Mazón was elected President of the Provincial Deputation of Alicante in July 2019, receiving support from

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to be the fifth consecutive PP president since 1995. A year later, he received 98% of the votes to lead the PP branch in his province. In July 2021, he succeeded Isabel Bonig as leader on a regional level.

Personal life

Mazón is a member of the four-piece band Marengo, which auditioned to represent

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Que me quiten lo bailao" written by Rafael Artesero. The song was performed by Lucía Pérez. The Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) organised the national final '' ...

. In 2013, the band toured the Province of Alicante and the

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References

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