Concepción "Cuca" Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo (born 23 December 1974) is a Spanish politician who is Secretary-General of the People's Party

Biography

Born on 23 December 1974 in Logroño she earned a

licentiate degree A licentiate (abbreviated Lic.) is an academic degree present in many countries, representing different educational levels. It may be similar to a master's degree when issued by pontifical universities and other universities in Europe, Latin Am ...

in Economic Law from the

University of Deusto The University of Deusto ( es, Universidad de Deusto; eu, Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The Un ...

. Elected as municipal councillor of Logroño, she served as deputy mayor from 2003 to 2007. She became Mayor of Logroño after the 2011 municipal election. She was re-elected Mayor of Logroño for a second mandate in the 2015 municipal election. She endorsed

Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón (born 10 June 1971) is a Spanish former politician of the People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2011 to 2018. She was member of the Congress o ...

vis-à-vis the process for the election of the new PP leader in 2018. She ran as candidate to the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

in the PP at the April 2019 general election, and was elected deputy. She held her seat at the November 2019 general election. In August 2020, Pablo Casado chose her as the new spokesperson of the PP's parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies, replacing

Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo y Peralta-Ramos, 15th Marchioness of Casa Fuerte, MP (born 15 October 1974 in Madrid) is a Spanish journalist, historian, and politician of the People's Party. She has served as Member of the Congress of Deputies sin ...

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Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Mayors of places in Spain 1974 births Living people {{LaRiojaES-politician-stub