Luis María Beamonte Mesa (born 10 September 1963) is a Spanish People's Party politician, elected to the

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in 2023. He was a member of the

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(2011; 2015–2023), where he led his party from 2019 to 2021. He was previously the mayor of

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(2007–2019) and president of the provincial deputation of the

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(2011–2015).

Biography

Born in Tudela,

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, Beamonte studied Law at the

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from 1982 to 1989, but did not finish his course until 2017, when his degree was awarded by

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in Madrid. Elected a city councillor in

in the

in 2003, he became mayor four years later and president of the province's branch of the People's Party (PP) in 2008. In 2011, after winning a second term as mayor, he was also invested as president of the provincial deputation with support from the

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(PAR), ending 12 years of

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(PSOE) governance. Beamonte was also elected to the

in the 2011 elections, but resigned in August of the same year to concentrate on his other offices. In June 2015, he earned a third term as mayor, with the PP taking 10 of 17 seats in the city hall. Later the same month, he lost his provincial office to the PSOE's Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero, the mayor of Tobed. In March 2017, Beamonte was elected president of the

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, with 97.8% of the votes. In December 2018, he was named the party's lead candidate for the 2019 Aragonese regional election. The party came second, and would have formed a majority if it formed a pact with

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, Vox and the PAR. This did not come to be, as incumbent president

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's PSOE formed a government with Podemos, the

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and the PAR. In the same year, he did not run for re-election as mayor of Tarazona. In October 2021, Beamonte said that he would not run again for leader of the regional PP, endorsing the mayor of

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to replace him in December. Beamonte was replaced as PP spokesperson in the Cortes of Aragon by Mar Vaquero in January 2022. In the

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, Beamonte led the PP list in the Zaragoza constituency. His party took seven of the thirteen seats.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beamonte, Luis Maria 1963 births Living people People from Tudela, Navarre Politicians from Navarre University of Zaragoza alumni Mayors of places in Aragon Members of the Cortes of Aragon People's Party (Spain) politicians King Juan Carlos University alumni Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain)