Lorena Gil (born 1975,

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

, Asturias) is a Spanish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who served as member of the

General Junta of the Principality of Asturias The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (in Spanish: ''Junta General del Principado de Asturias'', in Asturian: ''Xunta Xeneral del Principáu d'Asturies'') is the parliament of Asturias, an autonomous community of Spain. Its Statute of ...

from 2015 to 2020 and who lead Podemos Asturies into the 2019 regional elections in Asturias.

Biography

Lorena Gil started her studies in

English philology English studies (usually called simply English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries; it is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which is ...

in the

University of Oviedo The University of Oviedo ( es, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón ...

but she later moved to finish it in the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

. She did an internship in the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

. She later finished a degree in

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in the

National University of Distance Education The National Distance Education University, known in Spanish as ''Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia'' (UNED), is a public research university of national scope. The university was founded in 1972 under the Ministry of Universities. ...

. Before joining politics she had worked at the

Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) ( es, Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) is an agency (law), agency of the Ministry of Industry (Spain), Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade (''Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comer ...

and industrial multinational

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. Almost after its funding, Gil joined Podemos and became an important figure in the party in Asturias. In the regional elections of 2015, she won a seat with the party in the

. She became deputy spokesperson for the parliamentary group, something that gave her the sufficient importance inside the party to win the primaries for leader in 2018. She therefore lead Podemos Asturies into the 2019 regional elections, gaining four seats. Gil resigned in 2020 and left active politics. Her resignation happened at a time of important internal tensions in the party.

References

1975 births Living people Politicians from Gijón University of Oviedo alumni University of Bonn alumni Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians {{Asturias-politician-stub